#5AC5EB#5AC5EB

#5AC5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC5EB
RGB	rgb(90, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -19.67, -28.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 34.24, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0796 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.112 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1721, 48.1003, 85.8010)
Luminance	0.4810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC5EB #EB805A

analogous

#5AEBC8 #5AC5EB #5A7CEB

triadic

#5AC5EB #EB5AC5 #C5EB5A

tetradic

#5AC5EB #C85AEB #EB805A #7CEB5A

square

#5AC5EB #C85AEB #EB805A #7CEB5A

split-complementary

#5AC5EB #EB5A7C #EBC85A

monochromatic

#168BB5 #23B2E4 #5AC5EB #91D8F2 #C7EBF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5AC5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#5AC5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC5EB

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC5EB	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f1',
    500: '#5ac5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac5eb;
$custom-light: #96d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.724,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77549,
    "c": 0.11157,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC5EB

secondary

#EAC4B7

accent

#410BDB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC5EB

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

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