#5AC5EF#5AC5EF

#5AC5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.114 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC5EF
RGB	rgb(90, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(197, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.04, -18.46, -29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.04, 35.19, 238.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0782 -0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.114 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.7565, 48.3341, 88.8788)
Luminance	0.4834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC5EF #EF845A

analogous

#5AEFCF #5AC5EF #5A7BEF

triadic

#5AC5EF #EF5AC5 #C5EF5A

tetradic

#5AC5EF #CF5AEF #EF845A #7BEF5A

square

#5AC5EF #CF5AEF #EF845A #7BEF5A

split-complementary

#5AC5EF #EF5A7B #EFCF5A

monochromatic

#128CBC #22B1EA #5AC5EF #92D9F4 #CAECFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5AC5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC5EF

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC5EF	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC1F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AB2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.114 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d6f4',
    500: '#5ac5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac5ef;
$custom-light: #96d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.913,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77715,
    "c": 0.11448,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC5EF

secondary

#ECC7B9

accent

#4407DF

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC5EF

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

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