#5AC9EA#5AC9EA

#5AC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.111 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9EA
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -22.01, -25.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 33.90, 229.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0841 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.111 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.9484, 49.8834, 85.3491)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9EA #EA7B5A

analogous

#5AEAC3 #5AC9EA #5A81EA

triadic

#5AC9EA #EA5AC9 #C9EA5A

tetradic

#5AC9EA #C35AEA #EA7B5A #81EA5A

square

#5AC9EA #C35AEA #EA7B5A #81EA5A

split-complementary

#5AC9EA #EA5A81 #EAC35A

monochromatic

#178FB3 #24B7E3 #5AC9EA #90DBF1 #C7EDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5AC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#5AC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9EA

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9EA	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.111 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9f0',
    500: '#5ac9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9ea;
$custom-light: #96d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.75,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78424,
    "c": 0.11058,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9EA

secondary

#E9C2B6

accent

#3B0CDA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9EA

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

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