#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
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(202, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(202, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, -11.87, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 36.11, 250.81°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0638 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.115 236.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4427, 41.1011, 83.1405)
Luminance	0.4111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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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
##5AB5E9	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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