#5AB5DF#5AB5DF

#5AB5DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.106 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5DF
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 223)
HSL	hsl(199, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 18.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -14.95, -29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 32.85, 242.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0672 -0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.106 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.0545, 40.5458, 75.8292)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5DF #DF845A

analogous

#5ADFC7 #5AB5DF #5A73DF

triadic

#5AB5DF #DF5AB5 #B5DF5A

tetradic

#5AB5DF #C75ADF #DF845A #73DF5A

square

#5AB5DF #C75ADF #DF845A #73DF5A

split-complementary

#5AB5DF #DF5A73 #DFC75A

monochromatic

#1F77A0 #299DD3 #5AB5DF #8DCCE9 #C1E3F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5AB5DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#5AB5DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5DF

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5DF	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B3E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA5DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.106 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbe9',
    500: '#5ab5df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5df;
$custom-light: #94cbe9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.947,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73386,
    "c": 0.10577,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5DF

secondary

#E3C1B2

accent

#5116CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5DF

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

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