#5AB9DE#5AB9DE

#5AB9DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.104 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9DE
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 222)
HSL	hsl(197, 67%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.97, -17.36, -26.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.97, 32.09, 237.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% -0.0718 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.104 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.7451, 42.1421, 75.3963)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9DE #DE7F5A

analogous

#5ADEC1 #5AB9DE #5A77DE

triadic

#5AB9DE #DE5AB9 #B9DE5A

tetradic

#5AB9DE #C15ADE #DE7F5A #77DE5A

square

#5AB9DE #C15ADE #DE7F5A #77DE5A

split-complementary

#5AB9DE #DE5A77 #DEC15A

monochromatic

#207B9E #2AA2D1 #5AB9DE #8DCFE8 #C0E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5AB9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5AB9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9DE

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9DE	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.104 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee8',
    500: '#5ab9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9de;
$custom-light: #94cee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74261,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9DE

secondary

#E3BFB1

accent

#4A17CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9DE

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

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