#5AB2E8#5AB2E8

#5AB2E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.115 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB2E8
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 232)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 23.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.35, -10.56, -34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.35, 36.50, 253.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.061 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.115 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6968, 39.8372, 82.1891)
Luminance	0.3984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB2E8 #E8905A

analogous

#5AE8D7 #5AB2E8 #5A6BE8

triadic

#5AB2E8 #E85AB2 #B2E85A

tetradic

#5AB2E8 #D75AE8 #E8905A #6BE85A

square

#5AB2E8 #D75AE8 #E8905A #6BE85A

split-complementary

#5AB2E8 #E85A6B #E8D75A

monochromatic

#1876AF #2499E1 #5AB2E8 #90CBEF #C5E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5AB2E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5AB2E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2E8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB2E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB2E8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A3E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab2e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.115 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c9ef',
    500: '#5ab2e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab2e8;
$custom-light: #95c9ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab2e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.817,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73103,
    "c": 0.1154,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB2E8

secondary

#E8C9B5

accent

#5B0ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB2E8

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

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