#5AB2D8#5AB2D8

#5AB2D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 228.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB2D8
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 216)
HSL	hsl(198, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -15.48, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 31.25, 240.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0665 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.101 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5267, 38.9692, 70.7601)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB2D8 #D8805A

analogous

#5AD8BF #5AB2D8 #5A73D8

triadic

#5AB2D8 #D85AB2 #B2D85A

tetradic

#5AB2D8 #BF5AD8 #D8805A #73D85A

square

#5AB2D8 #BF5AD8 #D8805A #73D85A

split-complementary

#5AB2D8 #D85A73 #D8BF5A

monochromatic

#237295 #2F98C6 #5AB2D8 #8BC9E4 #BDE0EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5AB2D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#5AB2D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2D8

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB2D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB2D8	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EAFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab2d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e4',
    500: '#5ab2d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab2d8;
$custom-light: #93c9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab2d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.095,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72401,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB2D8

secondary

#DFBDAF

accent

#7443E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB2D8

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

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