#5AB5DD#5AB5DD

#5AB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.104 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5DD
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.78, -15.55, -28.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.78, 32.27, 241.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.0679 -0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.104 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7864, 40.4386, 74.4175)
Luminance	0.4044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5DD #DD825A

analogous

#5ADDC4 #5AB5DD #5A73DD

triadic

#5AB5DD #DD5AB5 #B5DD5A

tetradic

#5AB5DD #C45ADD #DD825A #73DD5A

square

#5AB5DD #C45ADD #DD825A #73DD5A

split-complementary

#5AB5DD #DD5A73 #DDC45A

monochromatic

#20769C #2B9DCF #5AB5DD #8DCCE7 #BFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#5AB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5DD

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5DD	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.104 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbe7',
    500: '#5ab5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5dd;
$custom-light: #94cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73301,
    "c": 0.1041,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5DD

secondary

#E2C0B1

accent

#4F18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5DD

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

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