#5AB2E9#5AB2E9

#5AB2E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB2E9
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(203, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 23.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -10.25, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 36.88, 253.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0606 -0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.116 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.8392, 39.8942, 82.9393)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB2E9 #E9915A

analogous

#5AE9D9 #5AB2E9 #5A6AE9

triadic

#5AB2E9 #E95AB2 #B2E95A

tetradic

#5AB2E9 #D95AE9 #E9915A #6AE95A

square

#5AB2E9 #D95AE9 #E9915A #6AE95A

split-complementary

#5AB2E9 #E95A6A #E9D95A

monochromatic

#1876B1 #2499E2 #5AB2E9 #90CBF0 #C6E4F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5AB2E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#5AB2E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2E9

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB2E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB2E9	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B2EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A3E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab2e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c9f0',
    500: '#5ab2e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab2e9;
$custom-light: #95c9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab2e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.077,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.11642,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB2E9

secondary

#E9CAB6

accent

#5B0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB2E9

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

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