#5AB4E9#5AB4E9

#5AB4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.115 H 237.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4E9
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -11.33, -34.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 36.35, 251.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0627 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.115 237.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2401, 40.6959, 83.0729)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4E9 #E98F5A

analogous

#5AE9D7 #5AB4E9 #5A6CE9

triadic

#5AB4E9 #E95AB4 #B4E95A

tetradic

#5AB4E9 #D75AE9 #E98F5A #6CE95A

square

#5AB4E9 #D75AE9 #E98F5A #6CE95A

split-complementary

#5AB4E9 #E95A6C #E9D75A

monochromatic

#1878B1 #249BE2 #5AB4E9 #90CDF0 #C6E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5AB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5AB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4E9

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4E9	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.115 237.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95caf0',
    500: '#5ab4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4e9;
$custom-light: #95caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.736,
    "c": 0.11537,
    "h": 237.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4E9

secondary

#E9C9B6

accent

#580DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4E9

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

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