#5AB8EC#5AB8EC

#5AB8EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.116 H 235.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8EC
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 22%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -12.54, -34.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 36.45, 249.87°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0659 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.116 235.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4914, 42.5071, 85.6222)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8EC #EC8E5A

analogous

#5AECD7 #5AB8EC #5A6FEC

triadic

#5AB8EC #EC5AB8 #B8EC5A

tetradic

#5AB8EC #D75AEC #EC8E5A #6FEC5A

square

#5AB8EC #D75AEC #EC8E5A #6FEC5A

split-complementary

#5AB8EC #EC5A6F #ECD75A

monochromatic

#157DB7 #23A0E6 #5AB8EC #91D0F2 #C8E7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5AB8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#5AB8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8EC

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8EC	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA8EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.116 235.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cdf2',
    500: '#5ab8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8ec;
$custom-light: #95cdf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.37,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74637,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 235.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8EC

secondary

#EBCAB7

accent

#550ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8EC

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

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