#5AB5EF#5AB5EF

#5AB5EF is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.121 H 239.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5EF
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(203, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.49, -9.99, -36.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.49, 38.31, 254.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0618 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.121 239.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3144, 41.4498, 87.7314)
Luminance	0.4145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5EF #EF945A

analogous

#5AEFDF #5AB5EF #5A6BEF

triadic

#5AB5EF #EF5AB5 #B5EF5A

tetradic

#5AB5EF #DF5AEF #EF945A #6BEF5A

square

#5AB5EF #DF5AEF #EF945A #6BEF5A

split-complementary

#5AB5EF #EF5A6B #EFDF5A

monochromatic

#127ABC #229CEA #5AB5EF #92CEF4 #CAE7FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5AB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#5AB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5EF

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5EF	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.121 239.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbf4',
    500: '#5ab5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5ef;
$custom-light: #96cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.356,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74099,
    "c": 0.12085,
    "h": 239.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5EF

secondary

#ECCDB9

accent

#5B07DF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5EF

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

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