#5AC6EE#5AC6EE

#5AC6EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.114 H 225.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC6EE
RGB	rgb(90, 198, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -19.28, -29.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 34.85, 236.42°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0796 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.114 225.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.8370, 48.7308, 88.1789)
Luminance	0.4874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC6EE #EE825A

analogous

#5AEECC #5AC6EE #5A7CEE

triadic

#5AC6EE #EE5AC6 #C6EE5A

tetradic

#5AC6EE #CC5AEE #EE825A #7CEE5A

square

#5AC6EE #CC5AEE #EE825A #7CEE5A

split-complementary

#5AC6EE #EE5A7C #EECC5A

monochromatic

#138DBA #23B3E8 #5AC6EE #91D9F4 #C9ECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5AC6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#5AC6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC6EE

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC6EE	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 198, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.114 225.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d7f3',
    500: '#5ac6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac6ee;
$custom-light: #96d7f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77901,
    "c": 0.11355,
    "h": 225.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC6EE

secondary

#ECC6B8

accent

#4208DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC6EE

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

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