#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
RGBrgb(90, 180, 227)
HSLhsl(201, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(201, 60%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(60.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(69.72, -13.19, -31.64)
CIE-LCHlch(69.72, 34.28, 247.37°)
OKLaboklab(73.33% -0.0648 -0.0885)
OKLCHoklch(73.33% 0.11 233.8)
XYZxyz(34.3975, 40.3589, 78.6354)
Luminance0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##5AB4E31.002.319.079.07
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0721.001.001.00
##0000009.0721.001.001.00

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

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#5AB4E3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva