#5AB4EC#5AB4EC

#5AB4EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.118 H 238.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4EC
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -10.39, -35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 37.46, 253.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0617 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.118 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6723, 40.8688, 85.3491)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4EC #EC925A

analogous

#5AECDB #5AB4EC #5A6BEC

triadic

#5AB4EC #EC5AB4 #B4EC5A

tetradic

#5AB4EC #DB5AEC #EC925A #6BEC5A

square

#5AB4EC #DB5AEC #EC925A #6BEC5A

split-complementary

#5AB4EC #EC5A6B #ECDB5A

monochromatic

#1579B7 #239BE6 #5AB4EC #91CDF2 #C8E6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5AB4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4EC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4EC	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB4EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.118 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95caf2',
    500: '#5ab4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4ec;
$custom-light: #95caf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.014,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73736,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4EC

secondary

#EBCBB7

accent

#5A0ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4EC

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

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