#5AAFE5#5AAFE5

#5AAFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.114 H 238.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AAFE5
RGB	rgb(90, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -9.87, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 36.19, 254.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0588 -0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.114 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.6839, 38.4875, 79.7672)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AAFE5 #E5905A

analogous

#5AE5D5 #5AAFE5 #5A6AE5

triadic

#5AAFE5 #E55AAF #AFE55A

tetradic

#5AAFE5 #D55AE5 #E5905A #6AE55A

square

#5AAFE5 #D55AE5 #E5905A #6AE55A

split-complementary

#5AAFE5 #E55A6A #E5D55A

monochromatic

#1B72AA #2595DD #5AAFE5 #8FC9ED #C4E2F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5AAFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#5AAFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AAFE5

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AAFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AAFE5	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aafe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.114 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c6ed',
    500: '#5aafe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aafe5;
$custom-light: #94c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aafe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.309,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7229,
    "c": 0.11399,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AAFE5

secondary

#E7C8B4

accent

#5D11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AAFE5

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

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