#5AB0E5#5AB0E5

#5AB0E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.113 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB0E5
RGB	rgb(90, 176, 229)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 23.1%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -10.41, -34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 35.92, 253.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0599 -0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.113 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8793, 38.8782, 79.8324)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB0E5 #E58F5A

analogous

#5AE5D5 #5AB0E5 #5A6AE5

triadic

#5AB0E5 #E55AB0 #B0E55A

tetradic

#5AB0E5 #D55AE5 #E58F5A #6AE55A

square

#5AB0E5 #D55AE5 #E58F5A #6AE55A

split-complementary

#5AB0E5 #E55A6A #E5D55A

monochromatic

#1B73AA #2597DD #5AB0E5 #8FC9ED #C4E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5AB0E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#5AB0E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB0E5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB0E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB0E5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98AFE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab0e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 176, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.113 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7ed',
    500: '#5ab0e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab0e5;
$custom-light: #94c7ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab0e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.878,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72516,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB0E5

secondary

#E7C7B4

accent

#5B11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB0E5

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

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