#5AB1E5#5AB1E5

#5AB1E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.113 H 237.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB1E5
RGB	rgb(90, 177, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 22.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.95, -10.95, -33.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.95, 35.66, 252.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0609 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.113 237.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0761, 39.2718, 79.8980)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB1E5 #E58E5A

analogous

#5AE5D3 #5AB1E5 #5A6BE5

triadic

#5AB1E5 #E55AB1 #B1E55A

tetradic

#5AB1E5 #D35AE5 #E58E5A #6BE55A

square

#5AB1E5 #D35AE5 #E58E5A #6BE55A

split-complementary

#5AB1E5 #E55A6B #E5D35A

monochromatic

#1B74AA #2598DD #5AB1E5 #8FCAED #C4E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5AB1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#5AB1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB1E5

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB1E5	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 177, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.113 237.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c8ed',
    500: '#5ab1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab1e5;
$custom-light: #94c8ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.446,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72741,
    "c": 0.11294,
    "h": 237.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB1E5

secondary

#E7C7B4

accent

#5A11D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB1E5

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

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