#5AB8EA#5AB8EA

#5AB8EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8EA
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, -13.16, -33.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 35.77, 248.41°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% -0.0665 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.114 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2025, 42.3915, 84.1005)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8EA #EA8C5A

analogous

#5AEAD4 #5AB8EA #5A70EA

triadic

#5AB8EA #EA5AB8 #B8EA5A

tetradic

#5AB8EA #D45AEA #EA8C5A #70EA5A

square

#5AB8EA #D45AEA #EA8C5A #70EA5A

split-complementary

#5AB8EA #EA5A70 #EAD45A

monochromatic

#177DB3 #24A1E3 #5AB8EA #90CFF1 #C7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5AB8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#5AB8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8EA

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8EA	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B6EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA8E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdf1',
    500: '#5ab8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8ea;
$custom-light: #95cdf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.833,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74548,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8EA

secondary

#E9C8B6

accent

#530CDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8EA

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

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