#5AB8E2#5AB8E2

#5AB8E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.107 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8E2
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 226)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 18.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.83, -15.62, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.83, 33.28, 242.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0693 -0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.107 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0791, 41.9422, 78.1837)
Luminance	0.4195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8E2 #E2845A

analogous

#5AE2C8 #5AB8E2 #5A74E2

triadic

#5AB8E2 #E25AB8 #B8E25A

tetradic

#5AB8E2 #C85AE2 #E2845A #74E25A

square

#5AB8E2 #C85AE2 #E2845A #74E25A

split-complementary

#5AB8E2 #E25A74 #E2C85A

monochromatic

#1D7BA5 #26A2D9 #5AB8E2 #8ECEEB #C2E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5AB8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5AB8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8E2

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8E2	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B5E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.107 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cdeb',
    500: '#5ab8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8e2;
$custom-light: #94cdeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.529,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.742,
    "c": 0.10741,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8E2

secondary

#E5C2B3

accent

#4E13D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8E2

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

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