#5AAEE3#5AAEE3

#5AAEE3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.112 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEE3
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -9.95, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 35.70, 253.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.0584 -0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.112 238.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.2124, 37.9886, 78.2404)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEE3 #E38F5A

analogous

#5AE3D4 #5AAEE3 #5A6AE3

triadic

#5AAEE3 #E35AAE #AEE35A

tetradic

#5AAEE3 #D45AE3 #E38F5A #6AE35A

square

#5AAEE3 #D45AE3 #E38F5A #6AE35A

split-complementary

#5AAEE3 #E35A6A #E3D45A

monochromatic

#1C71A6 #2694DA #5AAEE3 #8EC8EC #C3E1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5AAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#5AAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEE3

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEE3	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.112 238.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ec',
    500: '#5aaee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaee3;
$custom-light: #94c6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.212,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71973,
    "c": 0.11249,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEE3

secondary

#E6C7B3

accent

#5D12D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEE3

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

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