#5AB4DC#5AB4DC

#5AB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.104 H 229.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4DC
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -15.33, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 32.12, 241.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0672 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.104 229.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.4510, 39.9803, 73.6504)
Luminance	0.3998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4DC #DC825A

analogous

#5ADCC3 #5AB4DC #5A73DC

triadic

#5AB4DC #DC5AB4 #B4DC5A

tetradic

#5AB4DC #C35ADC #DC825A #73DC5A

square

#5AB4DC #C35ADC #DC825A #73DC5A

split-complementary

#5AB4DC #DC5A73 #DCC35A

monochromatic

#21759B #2C9BCD #5AB4DC #8CCBE7 #BFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5AB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#5AB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4DC

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4DC	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B1DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.104 229.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cae7',
    500: '#5ab4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4dc;
$custom-light: #93cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.10354,
    "h": 229.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4DC

secondary

#E2BFB0

accent

#5019CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4DC

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

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