#5AB3DC#5AB3DC

#5AB3DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.104 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3DC
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -14.80, -28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 32.26, 242.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0662 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.104 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.2498, 39.5780, 73.5833)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3DC #DC835A

analogous

#5ADCC4 #5AB3DC #5A72DC

triadic

#5AB3DC #DC5AB3 #B3DC5A

tetradic

#5AB3DC #C45ADC #DC835A #72DC5A

square

#5AB3DC #C45ADC #DC835A #72DC5A

split-complementary

#5AB3DC #DC5A72 #DCC45A

monochromatic

#21749B #2C9ACD #5AB3DC #8CCAE7 #BFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5AB3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#5AB3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3DC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3DC	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.104 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93c9e7',
    500: '#5ab3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3dc;
$custom-light: #93c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.728,
    "c": 0.10381,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3DC

secondary

#E2C0B0

accent

#5119CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3DC

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

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