#5AB6DE#5AB6DE

#5AB6DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.105 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB6DE
RGB	rgb(90, 182, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 18%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -15.78, -28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 32.42, 240.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0686 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.105 229)
XYZ	xyz(34.1241, 40.9002, 75.1893)
Luminance	0.4090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB6DE #DE825A

analogous

#5ADEC4 #5AB6DE #5A74DE

triadic

#5AB6DE #DE5AB6 #B6DE5A

tetradic

#5AB6DE #C45ADE #DE825A #74DE5A

square

#5AB6DE #C45ADE #DE825A #74DE5A

split-complementary

#5AB6DE #DE5A74 #DEC45A

monochromatic

#20789E #2A9ED1 #5AB6DE #8DCDE8 #C0E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB6DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#5AB6DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB6DE

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB6DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB6DE	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab6de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 182, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.105 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cce8',
    500: '#5ab6de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab6de;
$custom-light: #94cce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab6de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.182,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73572,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.40903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB6DE

secondary

#E3C0B1

accent

#4F17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB6DE

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

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