#5AB4E6#5AB4E6

#5AB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.112 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4E6
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -12.26, -33.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 35.29, 249.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0637 -0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.112 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.8152, 40.5259, 80.8351)
Luminance	0.4053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4E6 #E68C5A

analogous

#5AE6D2 #5AB4E6 #5A6EE6

triadic

#5AB4E6 #E65AB4 #B4E65A

tetradic

#5AB4E6 #D25AE6 #E68C5A #6EE65A

square

#5AB4E6 #D25AE6 #E68C5A #6EE65A

split-complementary

#5AB4E6 #E65A6E #E6D25A

monochromatic

#1A78AC #259CDE #5AB4E6 #8FCCEE #C4E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#5AB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4E6

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4E6	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.112 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95caee',
    500: '#5ab4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4e6;
$custom-light: #95caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73465,
    "c": 0.11246,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4E6

secondary

#E7C7B5

accent

#5610D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4E6

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

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