#5AB4E5#5AB4E5

#5AB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.112 H 234.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4E5
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.80, -12.57, -32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.80, 34.95, 248.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0641 -0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.112 234.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6752, 40.4699, 80.0976)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4E5 #E58B5A

analogous

#5AE5D0 #5AB4E5 #5A6FE5

triadic

#5AB4E5 #E55AB4 #B4E55A

tetradic

#5AB4E5 #D05AE5 #E58B5A #6FE55A

square

#5AB4E5 #D05AE5 #E58B5A #6FE55A

split-complementary

#5AB4E5 #E55A6F #E5D05A

monochromatic

#1B77AA #259CDD #5AB4E5 #8FCCED #C4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#5AB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4E5

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4E5	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.112 234.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94caed',
    500: '#5ab4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4e5;
$custom-light: #94caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 72.775,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73421,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 234.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4E5

secondary

#E7C6B4

accent

#5611D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4E5

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

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