#5AC4DD#5AC4DD

#5AC4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.103 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC4DD
RGB	rgb(90, 196, 221)
HSL	hsl(191, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(191, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.11, -23.30, -21.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.11, 31.81, 222.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.76% -0.0839 -0.0601)
OKLCH	oklch(76.76% 0.103 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.0023, 46.8703, 75.4894)
Luminance	0.4687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC4DD #DD735A

analogous

#5ADDB4 #5AC4DD #5A82DD

triadic

#5AC4DD #DD5AC4 #C4DD5A

tetradic

#5AC4DD #B45ADD #DD735A #82DD5A

square

#5AC4DD #B45ADD #DD735A #82DD5A

split-complementary

#5AC4DD #DD5A82 #DDB45A

monochromatic

#20859C #2BB0CF #5AC4DD #8DD6E7 #BFE8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5AC4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#5AC4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC4DD

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC4DD	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 196, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.103 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6e7',
    500: '#5ac4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac4dd;
$custom-light: #94d6e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.45,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76759,
    "c": 0.10318,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC4DD

secondary

#E2BAB1

accent

#3B18CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC4DD

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

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