#5AB4DD#5AB4DD

#5AB4DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.104 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4DD
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 18.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -15.02, -28.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 32.41, 242.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0669 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.104 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5838, 40.0334, 74.3500)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4DD #DD835A

analogous

#5ADDC5 #5AB4DD #5A72DD

triadic

#5AB4DD #DD5AB4 #B4DD5A

tetradic

#5AB4DD #C55ADD #DD835A #72DD5A

square

#5AB4DD #C55ADD #DD835A #72DD5A

split-complementary

#5AB4DD #DD5A72 #DDC55A

monochromatic

#20769C #2B9CCF #5AB4DD #8DCBE7 #BFE2F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5AB4DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#5AB4DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4DD

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4DD	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB1DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.104 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cae7',
    500: '#5ab4dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4dd;
$custom-light: #94cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4DD

secondary

#E2C0B1

accent

#5118CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4DD

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

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