#5AB3E6#5AB3E6

#5AB3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.113 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3E6
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -11.72, -33.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 35.52, 250.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0627 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.113 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.6140, 40.1236, 80.7680)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3E6 #E68D5A

analogous

#5AE6D3 #5AB3E6 #5A6DE6

triadic

#5AB3E6 #E65AB3 #B3E65A

tetradic

#5AB3E6 #D35AE6 #E68D5A #6DE65A

square

#5AB3E6 #D35AE6 #E68D5A #6DE65A

split-complementary

#5AB3E6 #E65A6D #E6D35A

monochromatic

#1A77AC #259BDE #5AB3E6 #8FCBEE #C4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5AB3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#5AB3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3E6

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3E6	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.113 236.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c9ee',
    500: '#5ab3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3e6;
$custom-light: #95c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73239,
    "c": 0.11293,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3E6

secondary

#E7C7B5

accent

#5810D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3E6

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

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