#5AB9DD#5AB9DD

#5AB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.103 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9DD
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -17.66, -26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 31.85, 236.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0722 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.103 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.6115, 42.0887, 74.6925)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9DD #DD7E5A

analogous

#5ADDC0 #5AB9DD #5A77DD

triadic

#5AB9DD #DD5AB9 #B9DD5A

tetradic

#5AB9DD #C05ADD #DD7E5A #77DD5A

square

#5AB9DD #C05ADD #DD7E5A #77DD5A

split-complementary

#5AB9DD #DD5A77 #DDC05A

monochromatic

#207A9C #2BA2CF #5AB9DD #8DCFE7 #BFE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5AB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#5AB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9DD

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9DD	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.103 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee7',
    500: '#5ab9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9dd;
$custom-light: #94cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74219,
    "c": 0.10327,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9DD

secondary

#E2BEB1

accent

#4A18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9DD

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

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