#5AB5DA#5AB5DA

#5AB5DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 227.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5DA
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 218)
HSL	hsl(197, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 17%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -16.46, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 31.45, 238.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% -0.069 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.102 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3903, 40.2801, 72.3313)
Luminance	0.4028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5DA #DA7F5A

analogous

#5ADABF #5AB5DA #5A75DA

triadic

#5AB5DA #DA5AB5 #B5DA5A

tetradic

#5AB5DA #BF5ADA #DA7F5A #75DA5A

square

#5AB5DA #BF5ADA #DA7F5A #75DA5A

split-complementary

#5AB5DA #DA5A75 #DABF5A

monochromatic

#227698 #2D9CCA #5AB5DA #8CCBE5 #BEE2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5AB5DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#5AB5DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5DA

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5DA	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbe5',
    500: '#5ab5da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5da;
$custom-light: #93cbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.344,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73174,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5DA

secondary

#E0BEAF

accent

#4D1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5DA

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

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