#5AB0E6#5AB0E6

#5AB0E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.114 H 238.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB0E6
RGBrgb(90, 176, 230)
HSLhsl(203, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(203, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 23.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(68.70, -10.10, -34.86)
CIE-LCHlch(68.70, 36.29, 253.84°)
OKLaboklab(72.56% -0.0595 -0.0977)
OKLCHoklch(72.56% 0.114 238.7)
XYZxyz(34.0193, 38.9342, 80.5698)
Luminance0.3894 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB0E6 #E6905A
analogous
#5AE6D6 #5AB0E6 #5A6AE6
triadic
#5AB0E6 #E65AB0 #B0E65A
tetradic
#5AB0E6 #D65AE6 #E6905A #6AE65A
square
#5AB0E6 #D65AE6 #E6905A #6AE65A
split-complementary
#5AB0E6 #E65A6A #E6D65A
monochromatic
#1A73AC #2597DE #5AB0E6 #8FC9EE #C4E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39
#5AB0E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79
#5AB0E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB0E6
8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB0E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB0E61.002.398.798.79
#FFFFFF2.391.0021.0021.00
#0000008.7921.001.001.00
##0000008.7921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#97B0E9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#84A1E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEC2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab0e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 176, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.114 238.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c7ee',
    500: '#5ab0e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab0e6;
$custom-light: #94c7ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab0e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72561,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 238.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB0E6
secondary
#E7C8B5
accent
#5C10D6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB0E6

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#5AB0E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva