#5AAEE8#5AAEE8

#5AAEE8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 241.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEE8
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 232)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 25%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.22, -8.38, -36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.22, 37.65, 257.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% -0.0568 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.118 241.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.9125, 38.2687, 81.9277)
Luminance	0.3827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEE8 #E8945A

analogous

#5AE8DB #5AAEE8 #5A67E8

triadic

#5AAEE8 #E85AAE #AEE85A

tetradic

#5AAEE8 #DB5AE8 #E8945A #67E85A

square

#5AAEE8 #DB5AE8 #E8945A #67E85A

split-complementary

#5AAEE8 #E85A67 #E8DB5A

monochromatic

#1872AF #2494E1 #5AAEE8 #90C8EF #C5E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5AAEE8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#5AAEE8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEE8

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEE8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEE8	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81A0E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaee8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 241.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6ef',
    500: '#5aaee8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaee8;
$custom-light: #95c6ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaee8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.507,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72204,
    "c": 0.1177,
    "h": 241.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEE8

secondary

#E8CAB5

accent

#600ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEE8

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

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