#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
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 21.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -12.34, -32.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 34.83, 249.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0634 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.111 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3348, 40.0119, 79.2974)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5AB3E4	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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