#5AB5E9#5AB5E9

#5AB5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.115 H 236.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB5E9
RGBrgb(90, 181, 233)
HSLhsl(202, 76%, 63%)
HSVhsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(61.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.25, -11.87, -34.10)
CIE-LCHlch(70.25, 36.11, 250.81°)
OKLaboklab(73.83% -0.0638 -0.0955)
OKLCHoklch(73.83% 0.115 236.3)
XYZxyz(35.4427, 41.1011, 83.1405)
Luminance0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB5E9 #E98E5A
analogous
#5AE9D5 #5AB5E9 #5A6DE9
triadic
#5AB5E9 #E95AB5 #B5E95A
tetradic
#5AB5E9 #D55AE9 #E98E5A #6DE95A
square
#5AB5E9 #D55AE9 #E98E5A #6DE95A
split-complementary
#5AB5E9 #E95A6D #E9D55A
monochromatic
#1879B1 #249DE2 #5AB5E9 #90CDF0 #C6E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28
#5AB5E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22
#5AB5E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5E9
9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB5E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB5E91.002.289.229.22
#FFFFFF2.281.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2221.001.001.00
##0000009.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB4EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#89A5E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.115 236.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbf0',
    500: '#5ab5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab5e9;
$custom-light: #95cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73826,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 236.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB5E9
secondary
#E9C8B6
accent
#570DD9
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5E9

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#5AB5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva