#5AB9DC#5AB9DC

#5AB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9DC
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -17.96, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 31.61, 235.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0726 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.103 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4786, 42.0355, 73.9929)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9DC #DC7D5A

analogous

#5ADCBE #5AB9DC #5A78DC

triadic

#5AB9DC #DC5AB9 #B9DC5A

tetradic

#5AB9DC #BE5ADC #DC7D5A #78DC5A

square

#5AB9DC #BE5ADC #DC7D5A #78DC5A

split-complementary

#5AB9DC #DC5A78 #DCBE5A

monochromatic

#217A9B #2CA2CD #5AB9DC #8CCEE7 #BFE4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5AB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#5AB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9DC

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9DC	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee7',
    500: '#5ab9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9dc;
$custom-light: #94cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74178,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9DC

secondary

#E2BEB0

accent

#4919CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9DC

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

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