#5AB9DA#5AB9DA

#5AB9DA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.101 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9DA
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 218)
HSL	hsl(195, 63%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 15.1%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -18.55, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 31.16, 233.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0733 -0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.101 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2153, 41.9302, 72.6063)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9DA #DA7B5A

analogous

#5ADABB #5AB9DA #5A79DA

triadic

#5AB9DA #DA5AB9 #B9DA5A

tetradic

#5AB9DA #BB5ADA #DA7B5A #79DA5A

square

#5AB9DA #BB5ADA #DA7B5A #79DA5A

split-complementary

#5AB9DA #DA5A79 #DABB5A

monochromatic

#227998 #2DA1CA #5AB9DA #8CCEE5 #BEE3F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5AB9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5AB9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9DA

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9DA	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)

#A6B5DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.101 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee5',
    500: '#5ab9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9da;
$custom-light: #94cee5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.469,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74096,
    "c": 0.10113,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9DA

secondary

#E0BCAF

accent

#481ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9DA

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

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