#5AB4DB#5AB4DB

#5AB4DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.103 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4DB
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 219)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, -15.63, -27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 31.84, 240.60°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0676 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.103 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3189, 39.9274, 72.9550)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4DB #DB815A

analogous

#5ADBC2 #5AB4DB #5A73DB

triadic

#5AB4DB #DB5AB4 #B4DB5A

tetradic

#5AB4DB #C25ADB #DB815A #73DB5A

square

#5AB4DB #C25ADB #DB815A #73DB5A

split-complementary

#5AB4DB #DB5A73 #DBC25A

monochromatic

#217599 #2C9BCB #5AB4DB #8CCBE6 #BEE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5AB4DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#5AB4DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4DB

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4DB	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.103 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cae6',
    500: '#5ab4db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4db;
$custom-light: #93cae6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72987,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4DB

secondary

#E1BFB0

accent

#4F1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4DB

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

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