#5AB8DC#5AB8DC

#5AB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8DC
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -17.43, -26.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 31.68, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0715 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.103 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2702, 41.6186, 73.9234)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8DC #DC7E5A

analogous

#5ADCBF #5AB8DC #5A77DC

triadic

#5AB8DC #DC5AB8 #B8DC5A

tetradic

#5AB8DC #BF5ADC #DC7E5A #77DC5A

square

#5AB8DC #BF5ADC #DC7E5A #77DC5A

split-complementary

#5AB8DC #DC5A77 #DCBF5A

monochromatic

#21799B #2CA0CD #5AB8DC #8CCEE7 #BFE3F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5AB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5AB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8DC

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8DC	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde7',
    500: '#5ab8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8dc;
$custom-light: #94cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73948,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8DC

secondary

#E2BEB0

accent

#4B19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8DC

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

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