#5AB4E1#5AB4E1

#5AB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 232.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4E1
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -13.80, -30.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 33.63, 245.77°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% -0.0655 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.108 232.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1231, 40.2491, 77.1901)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4E1 #E1875A

analogous

#5AE1CB #5AB4E1 #5A71E1

triadic

#5AB4E1 #E15AB4 #B4E15A

tetradic

#5AB4E1 #CB5AE1 #E1875A #71E15A

square

#5AB4E1 #CB5AE1 #E1875A #71E15A

split-complementary

#5AB4E1 #E15A71 #E1CB5A

monochromatic

#1E77A3 #279CD7 #5AB4E1 #8ECCEA #C2E3F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5AB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#5AB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4E1

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4E1	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA4E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 232.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caea',
    500: '#5ab4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4e1;
$custom-light: #94caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73245,
    "c": 0.10785,
    "h": 232.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4E1

secondary

#E4C3B2

accent

#5314D1

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4E1

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

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