#5AD5EE#5AD5EE

#5AD5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.114 H 213.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AD5EE
RGB	rgb(90, 213, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -26.83, -22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 35.00, 219.96°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0949 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.114 213.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4370, 55.9306, 89.3789)
Luminance	0.5594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AD5EE #EE735A

analogous

#5AEEBD #5AD5EE #5A8BEE

triadic

#5AD5EE #EE5AD5 #D5EE5A

tetradic

#5AD5EE #BD5AEE #EE735A #8BEE5A

square

#5AD5EE #BD5AEE #EE735A #8BEE5A

split-complementary

#5AD5EE #EE5A8B #EEBD5A

monochromatic

#139EBA #23C7E8 #5AD5EE #91E3F4 #C9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5AD5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#5AD5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AD5EE

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AD5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AD5EE	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CEEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ad5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 213, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.114 213.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f3',
    500: '#5ad5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ad5ee;
$custom-light: #97e2f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ad5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.135,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81339,
    "c": 0.11358,
    "h": 213.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AD5EE

secondary

#B94A33

accent

#2C08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AD5EE

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

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