#5AB6E6#5AB6E6

#5AB6E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.112 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB6E6
RGB	rgb(90, 182, 230)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 20.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.41, -13.33, -32.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.41, 34.86, 247.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0658 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.112 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2218, 41.3393, 80.9706)
Luminance	0.4134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB6E6 #E68A5A

analogous

#5AE6D0 #5AB6E6 #5A70E6

triadic

#5AB6E6 #E65AB6 #B6E65A

tetradic

#5AB6E6 #D05AE6 #E68A5A #70E65A

square

#5AB6E6 #D05AE6 #E68A5A #70E65A

split-complementary

#5AB6E6 #E65A70 #E6D05A

monochromatic

#1A7AAC #259EDE #5AB6E6 #8FCEEE #C4E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5AB6E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5AB6E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB6E6

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB6E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB6E6	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab6e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 182, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.112 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbee',
    500: '#5ab6e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab6e6;
$custom-light: #95cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab6e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.571,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73918,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB6E6

secondary

#E7C6B5

accent

#5410D6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB6E6

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

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