#5AB4E3#5AB4E3

#5AB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.110 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4E3
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(201, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.72, -13.19, -31.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.72, 34.28, 247.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0648 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.11 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3975, 40.3589, 78.6354)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4E3 #E3895A

analogous

#5AE3CE #5AB4E3 #5A70E3

triadic

#5AB4E3 #E35AB4 #B4E35A

tetradic

#5AB4E3 #CE5AE3 #E3895A #70E35A

square

#5AB4E3 #CE5AE3 #E3895A #70E35A

split-complementary

#5AB4E3 #E35A70 #E3CE5A

monochromatic

#1C77A6 #269CDA #5AB4E3 #8ECCEC #C3E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#5AB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4E3

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4E3	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB2E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA4E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.110 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caec',
    500: '#5ab4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4e3;
$custom-light: #94caec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 70.984,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73332,
    "c": 0.10966,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4E3

secondary

#E6C5B3

accent

#5512D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4E3

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

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