#5AB8EE#5AB8EE

#5AB8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.118 H 236.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8EE
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -11.92, -35.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 37.15, 251.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0652 -0.0987)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.118 236.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.7836, 42.6240, 87.1611)
Luminance	0.4263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8EE #EE905A

analogous

#5AEEDA #5AB8EE #5A6EEE

triadic

#5AB8EE #EE5AB8 #B8EE5A

tetradic

#5AB8EE #DA5AEE #EE905A #6EEE5A

square

#5AB8EE #DA5AEE #EE905A #6EEE5A

split-complementary

#5AB8EE #EE5A6E #EEDA5A

monochromatic

#137DBA #23A0E8 #5AB8EE #91D0F4 #C9E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5AB8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#5AB8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8EE

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8EE	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB7F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA8ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.118 236.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cdf3',
    500: '#5ab8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8ee;
$custom-light: #96cdf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.892,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74727,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 236.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8EE

secondary

#ECCBB8

accent

#5608DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8EE

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →