#5AB4DA#5AB4DA

#5AB4DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 228.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4DA
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 218)
HSL	hsl(198, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 17.4%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -15.93, -27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 31.56, 239.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0679 -0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.102 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1877, 39.8749, 72.2637)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4DA #DA805A

analogous

#5ADAC0 #5AB4DA #5A74DA

triadic

#5AB4DA #DA5AB4 #B4DA5A

tetradic

#5AB4DA #C05ADA #DA805A #74DA5A

square

#5AB4DA #C05ADA #DA805A #74DA5A

split-complementary

#5AB4DA #DA5A74 #DAC05A

monochromatic

#227598 #2D9BCA #5AB4DA #8CCBE5 #BEE1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5AB4DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#5AB4DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4DA

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4DA	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cae5',
    500: '#5ab4da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4da;
$custom-light: #93cae5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.813,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72945,
    "c": 0.10191,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4DA

secondary

#E0BEAF

accent

#4F1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4DA

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

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