#5AC5EC#5AC5EC

#5AC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.112 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC5EC
RGB	rgb(90, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -19.37, -28.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 34.47, 235.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0793 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.112 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.3170, 48.1583, 86.5641)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC5EC #EC815A

analogous

#5AECCA #5AC5EC #5A7CEC

triadic

#5AC5EC #EC5AC5 #C5EC5A

tetradic

#5AC5EC #CA5AEC #EC815A #7CEC5A

square

#5AC5EC #CA5AEC #EC815A #7CEC5A

split-complementary

#5AC5EC #EC5A7C #ECCA5A

monochromatic

#158BB7 #23B2E6 #5AC5EC #91D8F2 #C8ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5AC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#5AC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC5EC

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC5EC	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.112 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f2',
    500: '#5ac5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac5ec;
$custom-light: #96d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.027,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7759,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC5EC

secondary

#EBC5B7

accent

#420ADC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC5EC

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

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