#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
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(203, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -10.30, -36.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 37.93, 254.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0621 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.12 238.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1671, 41.3909, 86.9556)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##5AB5EE	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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