#5AC9EE#5AC9EE

#5AC9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.113 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9EE
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 238)
HSL	hsl(195, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -20.82, -27.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 34.67, 233.10°)
OKLab	oklab(78.59% -0.0826 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(78.59% 0.113 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5295, 50.1158, 88.4097)
Luminance	0.5012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9EE #EE7F5A

analogous

#5AEEC9 #5AC9EE #5A7FEE

triadic

#5AC9EE #EE5AC9 #C9EE5A

tetradic

#5AC9EE #C95AEE #EE7F5A #7FEE5A

square

#5AC9EE #C95AEE #EE7F5A #7FEE5A

split-complementary

#5AC9EE #EE5A7F #EEC95A

monochromatic

#1391BA #23B7E8 #5AC9EE #91DBF4 #C9EDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5AC9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#5AC9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9EE

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9EE	1.00	1.90	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.113 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96d9f3',
    500: '#5ac9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9ee;
$custom-light: #96d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78586,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9EE

secondary

#B95433

accent

#3D08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9EE

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

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