#5AC8EE#5AC8EE

#5AC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.113 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC8EE
RGB	rgb(90, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.85, -20.30, -28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.85, 34.72, 234.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0816 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.113 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2972, 49.6511, 88.3323)
Luminance	0.4965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC8EE #EE805A

analogous

#5AEECA #5AC8EE #5A7EEE

triadic

#5AC8EE #EE5AC8 #C8EE5A

tetradic

#5AC8EE #CA5AEE #EE805A #7EEE5A

square

#5AC8EE #CA5AEE #EE805A #7EEE5A

split-complementary

#5AC8EE #EE5A7E #EECA5A

monochromatic

#138FBA #23B6E8 #5AC8EE #91DAF4 #C9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5AC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#5AC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC8EE

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC8EE	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB4EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.113 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d8f3',
    500: '#5ac8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac8ee;
$custom-light: #96d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.405,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78357,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC8EE

secondary

#ECC5B8

accent

#3F08DE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7E8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC8EE

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

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