#5AAEF6#5AAEF6

#5AAEF6 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.133 H 246.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEF6
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 246)
HSL	hsl(208, 90%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(208, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 29.3%, 0%, 3.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -3.91, -43.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 43.57, 264.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0525 -0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.133 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9809, 39.0960, 92.8210)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEF6 #F6A25A

analogous

#5AF6F0 #5AAEF6 #5A60F6

triadic

#5AAEF6 #F65AAE #AEF65A

tetradic

#5AAEF6 #F05AF6 #F6A25A #60F65A

square

#5AAEF6 #F05AF6 #F6A25A #60F65A

split-complementary

#5AAEF6 #F65A60 #F6F05A

monochromatic

#0B72CB #2092F3 #5AAEF6 #94CAF9 #CEE7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5AAEF6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5AAEF6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEF6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEF6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEF6	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EB0F9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79A1F5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaef6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 246);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.133 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96c5f9',
    500: '#5aaef6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaef6;
$custom-light: #96c5f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaef6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 246
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 89.655,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72878,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEF6

secondary

#F0D4BC

accent

#6A00E6

background

#F9FCFF

surface

#F2F8FF

border

#CCD1D7

text

#0F1217

muted

#7E8185

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEF6

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

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