#5AB8DE#5AB8DE

#5AB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8DE
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, -16.83, -27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 32.19, 238.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0708 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.104 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.5366, 41.7252, 75.3268)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8DE #DE805A

analogous

#5ADEC2 #5AB8DE #5A76DE

triadic

#5AB8DE #DE5AB8 #B8DE5A

tetradic

#5AB8DE #C25ADE #DE805A #76DE5A

square

#5AB8DE #C25ADE #DE805A #76DE5A

split-complementary

#5AB8DE #DE5A76 #DEC25A

monochromatic

#207A9E #2AA1D1 #5AB8DE #8DCEE8 #C0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5AB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5AB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8DE

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8DE	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde8',
    500: '#5ab8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8de;
$custom-light: #94cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74031,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8DE

secondary

#E3BFB1

accent

#4C17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8DE

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

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