#5AB8DF#5AB8DF

#5AB8DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.105 H 227.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8DF
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 223)
HSL	hsl(198, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 17.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, -16.53, -27.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 32.45, 239.38°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0704 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.105 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6710, 41.7790, 76.0347)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8DF #DF815A

analogous

#5ADFC4 #5AB8DF #5A76DF

triadic

#5AB8DF #DF5AB8 #B8DF5A

tetradic

#5AB8DF #C45ADF #DF815A #76DF5A

square

#5AB8DF #C45ADF #DF815A #76DF5A

split-complementary

#5AB8DF #DF5A76 #DFC45A

monochromatic

#1F7AA0 #29A1D3 #5AB8DF #8DCEE9 #C1E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5AB8DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5AB8DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8DF

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8DF	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.105 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cde9',
    500: '#5ab8df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8df;
$custom-light: #94cde9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74073,
    "c": 0.10498,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8DF

secondary

#E3C0B2

accent

#4C16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8DF

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

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