#5AC6ED#5AC6ED

#5AC6ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.113 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC6ED
RGB	rgb(90, 198, 237)
HSL	hsl(196, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -19.58, -28.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 34.62, 235.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0799 -0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.113 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.6905, 48.6722, 87.4073)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC6ED #ED815A

analogous

#5AEDCA #5AC6ED #5A7DED

triadic

#5AC6ED #ED5AC6 #C6ED5A

tetradic

#5AC6ED #CA5AED #ED815A #7DED5A

square

#5AC6ED #CA5AED #ED815A #7DED5A

split-complementary

#5AC6ED #ED5A7D #EDCA5A

monochromatic

#148DB8 #23B3E7 #5AC6ED #91D9F3 #C8ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5AC6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#5AC6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC6ED

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC6ED	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB3ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 198, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.113 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f3',
    500: '#5ac6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac6ed;
$custom-light: #96d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.918,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7786,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC6ED

secondary

#EBC5B8

accent

#4109DD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC6ED

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

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