#5AC3EE#5AC3EE

#5AC3EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.114 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC3EE
RGB	rgb(90, 195, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -17.73, -30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 35.15, 239.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% -0.0765 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.114 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1581, 47.3729, 87.9526)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC3EE #EE855A

analogous

#5AEECF #5AC3EE #5A79EE

triadic

#5AC3EE #EE5AC3 #C3EE5A

tetradic

#5AC3EE #CF5AEE #EE855A #79EE5A

square

#5AC3EE #CF5AEE #EE855A #79EE5A

split-complementary

#5AC3EE #EE5A79 #EECF5A

monochromatic

#138ABA #23AFE8 #5AC3EE #91D7F4 #C9EBF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5AC3EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#5AC3EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC3EE

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC3EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC3EE	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACC0F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98B0ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac3ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 195, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.114 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d5f3',
    500: '#5ac3ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac3ee;
$custom-light: #96d5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac3ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.432,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77218,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC3EE

secondary

#ECC7B8

accent

#4608DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC3EE

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

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