#5AB8DB#5AB8DB

#5AB8DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.102 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8DB
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 16%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -17.73, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 31.45, 235.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.91% -0.0719 -0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(73.91% 0.102 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1381, 41.5658, 73.2280)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8DB #DB7D5A

analogous

#5ADBBD #5AB8DB #5A77DB

triadic

#5AB8DB #DB5AB8 #B8DB5A

tetradic

#5AB8DB #BD5ADB #DB7D5A #77DB5A

square

#5AB8DB #BD5ADB #DB7D5A #77DB5A

split-complementary

#5AB8DB #DB5A77 #DBBD5A

monochromatic

#217999 #2CA0CB #5AB8DB #8CCEE6 #BEE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5AB8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5AB8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8DB

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8DB	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.102 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde6',
    500: '#5ab8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8db;
$custom-light: #94cde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73906,
    "c": 0.10194,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8DB

secondary

#E1BDB0

accent

#4A1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8DB

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

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