#5AC6E8#5AC6E8

#5AC6E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 221.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC6E8
RGB	rgb(90, 198, 232)
HSL	hsl(194, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 14.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -21.08, -26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 33.58, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0818 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.109 221.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9702, 48.3841, 83.6136)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC6E8 #E87C5A

analogous

#5AE8C3 #5AC6E8 #5A7FE8

triadic

#5AC6E8 #E85AC6 #C6E85A

tetradic

#5AC6E8 #C35AE8 #E87C5A #7FE85A

square

#5AC6E8 #C35AE8 #E87C5A #7FE85A

split-complementary

#5AC6E8 #E85A7F #E8C35A

monochromatic

#188BAF #24B3E1 #5AC6E8 #90D9EF #C5EBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5AC6E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5AC6E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC6E8

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC6E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC6E8	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac6e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 198, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 221.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7ef',
    500: '#5ac6e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac6e8;
$custom-light: #96d7ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac6e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.366,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77656,
    "c": 0.10945,
    "h": 221.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC6E8

secondary

#E8C2B5

accent

#3E0ED8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC6E8

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

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