#5AAEE2#5AAEE2

#5AAEE2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.111 H 238.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEE2
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 226)
HSL	hsl(203, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 23%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -10.26, -33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 35.33, 253.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0588 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.111 238.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0748, 37.9336, 77.5156)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEE2 #E28E5A

analogous

#5AE2D2 #5AAEE2 #5A6AE2

triadic

#5AAEE2 #E25AAE #AEE25A

tetradic

#5AAEE2 #D25AE2 #E28E5A #6AE25A

square

#5AAEE2 #D25AE2 #E28E5A #6AE25A

split-complementary

#5AAEE2 #E25A6A #E2D25A

monochromatic

#1D71A5 #2694D9 #5AAEE2 #8EC8EB #C2E1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5AAEE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#5AAEE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEE2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEE2	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96ADE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaee2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.111 238.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6eb',
    500: '#5aaee2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaee2;
$custom-light: #94c6eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaee2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.941,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71927,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 238.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEE2

secondary

#E5C6B3

accent

#5C13D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEE2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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