#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
RGBrgb(90, 180, 236)
HSLhsl(203, 79%, 64%)
HSVhsv(203, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(61.9%, 23.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(70.08, -10.39, -35.99)
CIE-LCHlch(70.08, 37.46, 253.90°)
OKLaboklab(73.74% -0.0617 -0.101)
OKLCHoklch(73.74% 0.118 238.6)
XYZxyz(35.6723, 40.8688, 85.3491)
Luminance0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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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
##5AB4EC1.002.299.179.17
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1721.001.001.00
##0000009.1721.001.001.00

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

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#5AB4EC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva