#5AB3E4#5AB3E4

#5AB3E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.111 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB3E4
RGBrgb(90, 179, 228)
HSLhsl(201, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(201, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(60.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(69.48, -12.34, -32.56)
CIE-LCHlch(69.48, 34.83, 249.24°)
OKLaboklab(73.15% -0.0634 -0.0911)
OKLCHoklch(73.15% 0.111 235.2)
XYZxyz(34.3348, 40.0119, 79.2974)
Luminance0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB3E4 #E48B5A
analogous
#5AE4D0 #5AB3E4 #5A6EE4
triadic
#5AB3E4 #E45AB3 #B3E45A
tetradic
#5AB3E4 #D05AE4 #E48B5A #6EE45A
square
#5AB3E4 #D05AE4 #E48B5A #6EE45A
split-complementary
#5AB3E4 #E45A6E #E4D05A
monochromatic
#1C76A8 #259BDB #5AB3E4 #8FCBED #C3E3F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#5AB3E4 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00
#5AB3E4 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3E4
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB3E4#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB3E41.002.339.009.00
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0021.001.001.00
##0000009.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9CB2E6
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A3E3
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab3e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.111 235.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ec',
    500: '#5ab3e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab3e4;
$custom-light: #94c9ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab3e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.304,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73149,
    "c": 0.11101,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB3E4
secondary
#E6C6B4
accent
#5712D4
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3E4

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#5AB3E4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva