#5AB3E5#5AB3E5

#5AB3E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.112 H 235.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB3E5
RGBrgb(90, 179, 229)
HSLhsl(202, 73%, 63%)
HSVhsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.7%, 21.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.52, -12.03, -33.05)
CIE-LCHlch(69.52, 35.17, 249.99°)
OKLaboklab(73.19% -0.063 -0.0925)
OKLCHoklch(73.19% 0.112 235.7)
XYZxyz(34.4740, 40.0676, 80.0306)
Luminance0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB3E5 #E58C5A
analogous
#5AE5D2 #5AB3E5 #5A6DE5
triadic
#5AB3E5 #E55AB3 #B3E55A
tetradic
#5AB3E5 #D25AE5 #E58C5A #6DE55A
square
#5AB3E5 #D25AE5 #E58C5A #6DE55A
split-complementary
#5AB3E5 #E55A6D #E5D25A
monochromatic
#1B76AA #259BDD #5AB3E5 #8FCBED #C4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33
#5AB3E5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01
#5AB3E5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3E5
9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB3E5#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB3E51.002.339.019.01
#FFFFFF2.331.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0121.001.001.00
##0000009.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB2E7
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#88A4E4
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C0C4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.112 235.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9ed',
    500: '#5ab3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab3e5;
$custom-light: #94c9ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.583,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73194,
    "c": 0.11197,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB3E5
secondary
#E7C6B4
accent
#5711D5
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3E5

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#5AB3E5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva