#5AB4DF#5AB4DF

#5AB4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.106 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4DF
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -14.41, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 33.01, 244.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0662 -0.0829)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.106 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8519, 40.1406, 75.7617)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4DF #DF855A

analogous

#5ADFC7 #5AB4DF #5A72DF

triadic

#5AB4DF #DF5AB4 #B4DF5A

tetradic

#5AB4DF #C75ADF #DF855A #72DF5A

square

#5AB4DF #C75ADF #DF855A #72DF5A

split-complementary

#5AB4DF #DF5A72 #DFC75A

monochromatic

#1F76A0 #299CD3 #5AB4DF #8DCBE9 #C1E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5AB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#5AB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4DF

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4DF	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB2E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA4DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.106 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cae9',
    500: '#5ab4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4df;
$custom-light: #94cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73158,
    "c": 0.10608,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4DF

secondary

#E3C2B2

accent

#5216CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4DF

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

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