#5AB2E6#5AB2E6

#5AB2E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.113 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB2E6
RGBrgb(90, 178, 230)
HSLhsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(69.27, -11.18, -33.97)
CIE-LCHlch(69.27, 35.77, 251.78°)
OKLaboklab(73.01% -0.0616 -0.0952)
OKLCHoklch(73.01% 0.113 237.1)
XYZxyz(34.4143, 39.7243, 80.7015)
Luminance0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB2E6 #E68E5A
analogous
#5AE6D4 #5AB2E6 #5A6CE6
triadic
#5AB2E6 #E65AB2 #B2E65A
tetradic
#5AB2E6 #D45AE6 #E68E5A #6CE65A
square
#5AB2E6 #D45AE6 #E68E5A #6CE65A
split-complementary
#5AB2E6 #E65A6C #E6D45A
monochromatic
#1A76AC #2599DE #5AB2E6 #8FCBEE #C4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35
#5AB2E6 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95
#5AB2E6 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2E6
8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB2E6#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB2E61.002.358.958.95
#FFFFFF2.351.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9521.001.001.00
##0000008.9521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9AB1E8
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A3E5
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BFC3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab2e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.113 237.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ee',
    500: '#5ab2e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab2e6;
$custom-light: #94c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab2e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.286,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73013,
    "c": 0.11341,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB2E6
secondary
#E7C7B5
accent
#5910D6
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#5AB2E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva