#5AB5DC#5AB5DC

#5AB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.103 H 228.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5DC
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -15.86, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 31.99, 240.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.26% -0.0683 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(73.26% 0.103 228.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6536, 40.3855, 73.7179)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5DC #DC815A

analogous

#5ADCC2 #5AB5DC #5A74DC

triadic

#5AB5DC #DC5AB5 #B5DC5A

tetradic

#5AB5DC #C25ADC #DC815A #74DC5A

square

#5AB5DC #C25ADC #DC815A #74DC5A

split-complementary

#5AB5DC #DC5A74 #DCC25A

monochromatic

#21769B #2C9DCD #5AB5DC #8CCCE7 #BFE2F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#5AB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5DC

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5DC	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.103 228.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cbe7',
    500: '#5ab5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5dc;
$custom-light: #93cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73259,
    "c": 0.10329,
    "h": 228.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5DC

secondary

#E2BFB0

accent

#4F19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5DC

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

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