#5AB6DD#5AB6DD

#5AB6DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.104 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB6DD
RGB	rgb(90, 182, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -16.08, -27.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 32.14, 239.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.53% -0.069 -0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(73.53% 0.104 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.9905, 40.8467, 74.4855)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB6DD #DD815A

analogous

#5ADDC3 #5AB6DD #5A74DD

triadic

#5AB6DD #DD5AB6 #B6DD5A

tetradic

#5AB6DD #C35ADD #DD815A #74DD5A

square

#5AB6DD #C35ADD #DD815A #74DD5A

split-complementary

#5AB6DD #DD5A74 #DDC35A

monochromatic

#20779C #2B9ECF #5AB6DD #8DCCE7 #BFE3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5AB6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB6DD

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB6DD	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 182, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.104 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce7',
    500: '#5ab6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab6dd;
$custom-light: #94cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7353,
    "c": 0.10385,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB6DD

secondary

#E2BFB1

accent

#4E18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB6DD

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

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