#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
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.6%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -11.18, -33.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 35.77, 251.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0616 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.113 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.4143, 39.7243, 80.7015)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##5AB2E6	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5AB2E6

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

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