#5AB2E5#5AB2E5

#5AB2E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.112 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB2E5
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 22.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -11.49, -33.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 35.41, 251.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.062 -0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.112 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2743, 39.6682, 79.9640)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB2E5 #E58D5A

analogous

#5AE5D2 #5AB2E5 #5A6DE5

triadic

#5AB2E5 #E55AB2 #B2E55A

tetradic

#5AB2E5 #D25AE5 #E58D5A #6DE55A

square

#5AB2E5 #D25AE5 #E58D5A #6DE55A

split-complementary

#5AB2E5 #E55A6D #E5D25A

monochromatic

#1B75AA #2599DD #5AB2E5 #8FCBED #C4E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5AB2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#5AB2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2E5

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB2E5	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB1E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A3E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.112 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ed',
    500: '#5ab2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab2e5;
$custom-light: #94c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.014,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB2E5

secondary

#E7C7B4

accent

#5911D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB2E5

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

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