#5AB3E1#5AB3E1

#5AB3E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.108 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3E1
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20.4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -13.27, -31.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 33.82, 246.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0644 -0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.108 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9219, 39.8468, 77.1231)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3E1 #E1885A

analogous

#5AE1CB #5AB3E1 #5A70E1

triadic

#5AB3E1 #E15AB3 #B3E15A

tetradic

#5AB3E1 #CB5AE1 #E1885A #70E15A

square

#5AB3E1 #CB5AE1 #E1885A #70E15A

split-complementary

#5AB3E1 #E15A70 #E1CB5A

monochromatic

#1E76A3 #279BD7 #5AB3E1 #8ECBEA #C2E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5AB3E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5AB3E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3E1

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3E1	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)

#9DB1E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.108 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ea',
    500: '#5ab3e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3e1;
$custom-light: #94c9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.444,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73017,
    "c": 0.10823,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3E1

secondary

#E4C3B2

accent

#5514D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3E1

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

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