#5AC5ED#5AC5ED

#5AC5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.113 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC5ED
RGB	rgb(90, 197, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 16.9%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -19.07, -28.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 34.70, 236.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.63% -0.0789 -0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(77.63% 0.113 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.4627, 48.2165, 87.3314)
Luminance	0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC5ED #ED825A

analogous

#5AEDCC #5AC5ED #5A7CED

triadic

#5AC5ED #ED5AC5 #C5ED5A

tetradic

#5AC5ED #CC5AED #ED825A #7CED5A

square

#5AC5ED #CC5AED #ED825A #7CED5A

split-complementary

#5AC5ED #ED5A7C #EDCC5A

monochromatic

#148CB8 #23B2E7 #5AC5ED #91D8F3 #C8ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#5AC5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC5ED

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC5ED	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 197, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.113 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f3',
    500: '#5ac5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac5ed;
$custom-light: #96d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.327,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77631,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC5ED

secondary

#EBC6B8

accent

#4209DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC5ED

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

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