#5AAEFF#5AAEFF

#5AAEFF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.144 H 249.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAEFF
RGB	rgb(90, 174, 255)
HSL	hsl(209, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(209, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.7%, 31.8%, 0%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -0.98, -47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 47.65, 268.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.05 -0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.144 249.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3958, 39.6620, 100.2731)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAEFF #FFAB5A

analogous

#5AFFFE #5AAEFF #5A5BFF

triadic

#5AAEFF #FF5AAE #AEFF5A

tetradic

#5AAEFF #FE5AFF #FFAB5A #5BFF5A

square

#5AAEFF #FE5AFF #FFAB5A #5BFF5A

split-complementary

#5AAEFF #FF5A5B #FFFE5A

monochromatic

#0071DF #1D90FF #5AAEFF #97CCFF #D4EAFF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5AAEFF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#5AAEFF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAEFF

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAEFF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAEFF	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BB2FF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74A2FD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aaeff;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 174, 255);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.144 249.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c5ff',
    500: '#5aaeff',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aaeff;
$custom-light: #98c5ff;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aaeff",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 255
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.455,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.14376,
    "h": 249.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAEFF

secondary

#F4DAC1

accent

#7100E6

background

#FAFCFF

surface

#F3F8FF

border

#CDD1D7

text

#0F1218

muted

#7F8186

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAEFF

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

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