#5AC9F4#5AC9F4

#5AC9F4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.117 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AC9F4
RGB	rgb(90, 201, 244)
HSL	hsl(197, 88%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 17.6%, 0%, 4.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, -19.01, -30.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 36.03, 238.16°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0805 -0.0855)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.117 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4258, 50.4743, 93.1297)
Luminance	0.5048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AC9F4 #F4855A

analogous

#5AF4D2 #5AC9F4 #5A7CF4

triadic

#5AC9F4 #F45AC9 #C9F45A

tetradic

#5AC9F4 #D25AF4 #F4855A #7CF45A

square

#5AC9F4 #D25AF4 #F4855A #7CF45A

split-complementary

#5AC9F4 #F45A7C #F4D25A

monochromatic

#0D93C6 #21B6F0 #5AC9F4 #93DCF8 #CDEFFC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5AC9F4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.10

#5AC9F4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AC9F4

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AC9F4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AC9F4	1.00	1.89	11.10	11.10
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C5F6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB5F3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ac9f4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 201, 244);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.117 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d9f8',
    500: '#5ac9f4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ac9f4;
$custom-light: #97d9f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ac9f4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 244
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.753,
    "s": 87.5,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78834,
    "c": 0.11738,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AC9F4

secondary

#C3582F

accent

#4101E4

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AC9F4

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

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