#5AB3EC#5AB3EC

#5AB3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.119 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3EC
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -9.85, -36.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 37.73, 254.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0607 -0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.119 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4711, 40.4665, 85.2821)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3EC #EC935A

analogous

#5AECDC #5AB3EC #5A6AEC

triadic

#5AB3EC #EC5AB3 #B3EC5A

tetradic

#5AB3EC #DC5AEC #EC935A #6AEC5A

square

#5AB3EC #DC5AEC #EC935A #6AEC5A

split-complementary

#5AB3EC #EC5A6A #ECDC5A

monochromatic

#1578B7 #239AE6 #5AB3EC #91CCF2 #C8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#5AB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3EC

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3EC	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85A4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.119 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c9f2',
    500: '#5ab3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3ec;
$custom-light: #95c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.425,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73512,
    "c": 0.11892,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3EC

secondary

#EBCBB7

accent

#5C0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3EC

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

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