#5AAEE5#5AAEE5

#5AAEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 239.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEE5
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -9.32, -35.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 36.47, 255.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0578 -0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.115 239.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4900, 38.0997, 79.7026)
Luminance	0.3810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEE5 #E5915A

analogous

#5AE5D7 #5AAEE5 #5A68E5

triadic

#5AAEE5 #E55AAE #AEE55A

tetradic

#5AAEE5 #D75AE5 #E5915A #68E55A

square

#5AAEE5 #D75AE5 #E5915A #68E55A

split-complementary

#5AAEE5 #E55A68 #E5D75A

monochromatic

#1B71AA #2594DD #5AAEE5 #8FC8ED #C4E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5AAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#5AAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEE5

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEE5	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 239.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ed',
    500: '#5aaee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaee5;
$custom-light: #94c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.741,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72065,
    "c": 0.11455,
    "h": 239.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEE5

secondary

#E7C8B4

accent

#5E11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEE5

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

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