#5AB8DD#5AB8DD

#5AB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.103 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8DD
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -17.13, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 31.93, 237.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0711 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.103 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4030, 41.6717, 74.6230)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8DD #DD7F5A

analogous

#5ADDC1 #5AB8DD #5A76DD

triadic

#5AB8DD #DD5AB8 #B8DD5A

tetradic

#5AB8DD #C15ADD #DD7F5A #76DD5A

square

#5AB8DD #C15ADD #DD7F5A #76DD5A

split-complementary

#5AB8DD #DD5A76 #DDC15A

monochromatic

#20799C #2BA1CF #5AB8DD #8DCEE7 #BFE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5AB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5AB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8DD

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8DD	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.103 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde7',
    500: '#5ab8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8dd;
$custom-light: #94cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73989,
    "c": 0.10344,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8DD

secondary

#E2BFB1

accent

#4B18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8DD

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

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