#5AAEE9#5AAEE9

#5AAEE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.119 H 241.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEE9
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 233)
HSL	hsl(205, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(205, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 25.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -8.06, -37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 38.05, 257.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0565 -0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.119 241.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0550, 38.3256, 82.6779)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEE9 #E9955A

analogous

#5AE9DC #5AAEE9 #5A66E9

triadic

#5AAEE9 #E95AAE #AEE95A

tetradic

#5AAEE9 #DC5AE9 #E9955A #66E95A

square

#5AAEE9 #DC5AE9 #E9955A #66E95A

split-complementary

#5AAEE9 #E95A66 #E9DC5A

monochromatic

#1872B1 #2493E2 #5AAEE9 #90C9F0 #C6E3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5AAEE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5AAEE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEE9

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEE9	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94AEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80A0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaee9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.119 241.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c6f0',
    500: '#5aaee9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaee9;
$custom-light: #95c6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaee9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.755,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72251,
    "c": 0.11877,
    "h": 241.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEE9

secondary

#E9CBB6

accent

#610DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEE9

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

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