#5AB3DB#5AB3DB

#5AB3DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.103 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3DB
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 219)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 18.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -15.10, -28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 31.97, 241.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0665 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.103 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.1178, 39.5252, 72.8879)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3DB #DB825A

analogous

#5ADBC3 #5AB3DB #5A72DB

triadic

#5AB3DB #DB5AB3 #B3DB5A

tetradic

#5AB3DB #C35ADB #DB825A #72DB5A

square

#5AB3DB #C35ADB #DB825A #72DB5A

split-complementary

#5AB3DB #DB5A72 #DBC35A

monochromatic

#217499 #2C9ACB #5AB3DB #8CCAE6 #BEE1F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5AB3DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#5AB3DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3DB

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3DB	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB0DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.103 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e6',
    500: '#5ab3db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3db;
$custom-light: #93c9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.605,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72757,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3DB

secondary

#E1BFB0

accent

#511ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3DB

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

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