#5AB0E9#5AB0E9

#5AB0E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.118 H 240.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB0E9
RGB	rgb(90, 176, 233)
HSL	hsl(204, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(204, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 24.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -9.16, -36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 37.44, 255.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0586 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.118 240.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4442, 39.1042, 82.8076)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB0E9 #E9935A

analogous

#5AE9DA #5AB0E9 #5A68E9

triadic

#5AB0E9 #E95AB0 #B0E95A

tetradic

#5AB0E9 #DA5AE9 #E9935A #68E95A

square

#5AB0E9 #DA5AE9 #E9935A #68E95A

split-complementary

#5AB0E9 #E95A68 #E9DA5A

monochromatic

#1874B1 #2496E2 #5AB0E9 #90CAF0 #C6E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5AB0E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5AB0E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB0E9

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB0E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB0E9	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96B0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A2E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab0e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 176, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.118 240.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c7f0',
    500: '#5ab0e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab0e9;
$custom-light: #95c7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab0e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72699,
    "c": 0.11755,
    "h": 240.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB0E9

secondary

#E9CAB6

accent

#5E0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB0E9

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

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