#5AC9E4#5AC9E4

#5AC9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.107 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9E4
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 228)
HSL	hsl(192, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(192, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 11.8%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, -23.78, -22.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 32.99, 223.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0864 -0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.107 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.1010, 49.5444, 80.8861)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9E4 #E4755A

analogous

#5AE4BA #5AC9E4 #5A84E4

triadic

#5AC9E4 #E45AC9 #C9E45A

tetradic

#5AC9E4 #BA5AE4 #E4755A #84E45A

square

#5AC9E4 #BA5AE4 #E4755A #84E45A

split-complementary

#5AC9E4 #E45A84 #E4BA5A

monochromatic

#1C8DA8 #25B8DB #5AC9E4 #8FDAED #C3EBF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5AC9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#5AC9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9E4

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9E4	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.107 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9ec',
    500: '#5ac9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9e4;
$custom-light: #95d9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.739,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78188,
    "c": 0.10725,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9E4

secondary

#E6BEB4

accent

#3812D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9E4

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

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