#5AB5EE#5AB5EE

#5AB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.120 H 238.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB5EE
RGBrgb(90, 181, 238)
HSLhsl(203, 81%, 64%)
HSVhsv(203, 62%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(62.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.45, -10.30, -36.51)
CIE-LCHlch(70.45, 37.93, 254.24°)
OKLaboklab(74.05% -0.0621 -0.1025)
OKLCHoklch(74.05% 0.12 238.8)
XYZxyz(36.1671, 41.3909, 86.9556)
Luminance0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB5EE #EE935A
analogous
#5AEEDD #5AB5EE #5A6BEE
triadic
#5AB5EE #EE5AB5 #B5EE5A
tetradic
#5AB5EE #DD5AEE #EE935A #6BEE5A
square
#5AB5EE #DD5AEE #EE935A #6BEE5A
split-complementary
#5AB5EE #EE5A6B #EEDD5A
monochromatic
#137ABA #239CE8 #5AB5EE #91CEF4 #C9E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#5AB5EE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28
#5AB5EE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5EE
9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB5EE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB5EE1.002.269.289.28
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2821.001.001.00
##0000009.2821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9BB5F1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#86A6ED
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3C8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.120 238.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf3',
    500: '#5ab5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab5ee;
$custom-light: #96cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.108,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74053,
    "c": 0.11983,
    "h": 238.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB5EE
secondary
#ECCCB8
accent
#5A08DE
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0E1317
muted
#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5EE

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#5AB5EE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva