#5AB5E4#5AB5E4

#5AB5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.110 H 233.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5E4
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -13.41, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 34.40, 247.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0655 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.11 233.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7385, 40.8194, 79.4320)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5E4 #E4895A

analogous

#5AE4CE #5AB5E4 #5A70E4

triadic

#5AB5E4 #E45AB5 #B5E45A

tetradic

#5AB5E4 #CE5AE4 #E4895A #70E45A

square

#5AB5E4 #CE5AE4 #E4895A #70E45A

split-complementary

#5AB5E4 #E45A70 #E4CE5A

monochromatic

#1C78A8 #259DDB #5AB5E4 #8FCDED #C3E4F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5AB5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5E4

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5E4	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.110 233.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbec',
    500: '#5ab5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5e4;
$custom-light: #94cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.435,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73603,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 233.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5E4

secondary

#E6C5B4

accent

#5412D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5E4

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

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