#5AB4EF#5AB4EF

#5AB4EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.121 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB4EF
RGBrgb(90, 180, 239)
HSLhsl(204, 82%, 65%)
HSVhsv(204, 62%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(62.3%, 24.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(70.21, -9.45, -37.43)
CIE-LCHlch(70.21, 38.60, 255.84°)
OKLaboklab(73.88% -0.0608 -0.1051)
OKLCHoklch(73.88% 0.121 240)
XYZxyz(36.1118, 41.0446, 87.6639)
Luminance0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB4EF #EF955A
analogous
#5AEFDF #5AB4EF #5A6AEF
triadic
#5AB4EF #EF5AB4 #B4EF5A
tetradic
#5AB4EF #DF5AEF #EF955A #6AEF5A
square
#5AB4EF #DF5AEF #EF955A #6AEF5A
split-complementary
#5AB4EF #EF5A6A #EFDF5A
monochromatic
#1279BC #229BEA #5AB4EF #92CDF4 #CAE7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#5AB4EF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21
#5AB4EF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4EF
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB4EF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB4EF1.002.289.219.21
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2121.001.001.00
##0000009.2121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#99B4F2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#85A5EE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab4ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.121 240.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96caf4',
    500: '#5ab4ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab4ef;
$custom-light: #96caf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab4ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.758,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73875,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.41048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB4EF
secondary
#ECCDB9
accent
#5C07DF
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

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#5AB4EF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva