#5AB6DC#5AB6DC

#5AB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.103 H 227.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB6DC
RGB	rgb(90, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -16.38, -27.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 31.87, 239.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% -0.0694 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.103 227.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.8577, 40.7936, 73.7859)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB6DC #DC805A

analogous

#5ADCC1 #5AB6DC #5A75DC

triadic

#5AB6DC #DC5AB6 #B6DC5A

tetradic

#5AB6DC #C15ADC #DC805A #75DC5A

square

#5AB6DC #C15ADC #DC805A #75DC5A

split-complementary

#5AB6DC #DC5A75 #DCC15A

monochromatic

#21779B #2C9ECD #5AB6DC #8CCCE7 #BFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5AB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB6DC

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB6DC	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.103 227.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce7',
    500: '#5ab6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab6dc;
$custom-light: #94cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.538,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73488,
    "c": 0.10305,
    "h": 227.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB6DC

secondary

#E2BFB0

accent

#4D19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB6DC

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

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