#5AB3DD#5AB3DD

#5AB3DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.105 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3DD
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 19%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.21, -14.49, -29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.21, 32.56, 243.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0658 -0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.105 231)
XYZ	xyz(33.3827, 39.6311, 74.2829)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3DD #DD845A

analogous

#5ADDC6 #5AB3DD #5A71DD

triadic

#5AB3DD #DD5AB3 #B3DD5A

tetradic

#5AB3DD #C65ADD #DD845A #71DD5A

square

#5AB3DD #C65ADD #DD845A #71DD5A

split-complementary

#5AB3DD #DD5A71 #DDC65A

monochromatic

#20759C #2B9ACF #5AB3DD #8DCAE7 #BFE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5AB3DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#5AB3DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3DD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3DD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.105 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9e7',
    500: '#5ab3dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3dd;
$custom-light: #94c9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72843,
    "c": 0.10467,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.39634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3DD

secondary

#E2C1B1

accent

#5218CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3DD

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

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