#5AB9DB#5AB9DB

#5AB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.102 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9DB
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -18.25, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 31.38, 234.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0729 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.102 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.3466, 41.9827, 73.2975)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9DB #DB7C5A

analogous

#5ADBBC #5AB9DB #5A78DB

triadic

#5AB9DB #DB5AB9 #B9DB5A

tetradic

#5AB9DB #BC5ADB #DB7C5A #78DB5A

square

#5AB9DB #BC5ADB #DB7C5A #78DB5A

split-complementary

#5AB9DB #DB5A78 #DBBC5A

monochromatic

#217A99 #2CA2CB #5AB9DB #8CCEE6 #BEE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5AB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5AB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9DB

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9DB	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.102 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee6',
    500: '#5ab9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9db;
$custom-light: #94cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.814,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.10183,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9DB

secondary

#E1BDB0

accent

#491ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9DB

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

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