#5AC4E9#5AC4E9

#5AC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.110 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC4E9
RGB	rgb(90, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -19.75, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 33.86, 234.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0793 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.11 224)
XYZ	xyz(38.6585, 47.5328, 84.2124)
Luminance	0.4754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC4E9 #E97F5A

analogous

#5AE9C6 #5AC4E9 #5A7CE9

triadic

#5AC4E9 #E95AC4 #C4E95A

tetradic

#5AC4E9 #C65AE9 #E97F5A #7CE95A

square

#5AC4E9 #C65AE9 #E97F5A #7CE95A

split-complementary

#5AC4E9 #E95A7C #E9C65A

monochromatic

#1889B1 #24B1E2 #5AC4E9 #90D7F0 #C6EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5AC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5AC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC4E9

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC4E9	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.110 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f0',
    500: '#5ac4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac4e9;
$custom-light: #96d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.524,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77238,
    "c": 0.1103,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.47537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC4E9

secondary

#E9C3B6

accent

#420DD9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC4E9

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

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