#5AC5EE#5AC5EE

#5AC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC5EE
RGB	rgb(90, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -18.76, -29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 34.94, 237.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.0785 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.114 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6092, 48.2751, 88.1029)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC5EE #EE835A

analogous

#5AEECD #5AC5EE #5A7BEE

triadic

#5AC5EE #EE5AC5 #C5EE5A

tetradic

#5AC5EE #CD5AEE #EE835A #7BEE5A

square

#5AC5EE #CD5AEE #EE835A #7BEE5A

split-complementary

#5AC5EE #EE5A7B #EECD5A

monochromatic

#138CBA #23B1E8 #5AC5EE #91D9F4 #C9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#5AC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC5EE

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC5EE	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f3',
    500: '#5ac5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac5ee;
$custom-light: #96d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.622,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77673,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC5EE

secondary

#ECC6B8

accent

#4308DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC5EE

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

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