#5AAEE7#5AAEE7

#5AAEE7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEE7
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 231)
HSL	hsl(204, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 24.7%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -8.69, -36.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 37.25, 256.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0571 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.117 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.7709, 38.2120, 81.1817)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEE7 #E7935A

analogous

#5AE7D9 #5AAEE7 #5A68E7

triadic

#5AAEE7 #E75AAE #AEE75A

tetradic

#5AAEE7 #D95AE7 #E7935A #68E75A

square

#5AAEE7 #D95AE7 #E7935A #68E75A

split-complementary

#5AAEE7 #E75A68 #E7D95A

monochromatic

#1971AD #2594DF #5AAEE7 #8FC8EF #C5E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5AAEE7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#5AAEE7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEE7

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEE7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEE7	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaee7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 240.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ef',
    500: '#5aaee7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaee7;
$custom-light: #94c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaee7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72157,
    "c": 0.11665,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEE7

secondary

#E8CAB5

accent

#600FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEE7

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

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