#5AC9ED#5AC9ED

#5AC9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.112 H 222.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9ED
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -21.11, -27.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 34.47, 232.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.55% -0.083 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(78.55% 0.112 222.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3830, 50.0572, 87.6381)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9ED #ED7E5A

analogous

#5AEDC8 #5AC9ED #5A80ED

triadic

#5AC9ED #ED5AC9 #C9ED5A

tetradic

#5AC9ED #C85AED #ED7E5A #80ED5A

square

#5AC9ED #C85AED #ED7E5A #80ED5A

split-complementary

#5AC9ED #ED5A80 #EDC85A

monochromatic

#1490B8 #23B7E7 #5AC9ED #91DBF3 #C8EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5AC9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#5AC9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9ED

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9ED	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.112 222.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9f3',
    500: '#5ac9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9ed;
$custom-light: #96d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.694,
    "s": 80.328,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78545,
    "c": 0.11247,
    "h": 222.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9ED

secondary

#B85433

accent

#3D09DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9ED

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

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