#5AB9DF#5AB9DF

#5AB9DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.105 H 227.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9DF
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 223)
HSL	hsl(197, 68%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 17%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, -17.05, -27.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 32.34, 238.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% -0.0715 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.105 227)
XYZ	xyz(34.8795, 42.1959, 76.1042)
Luminance	0.4220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9DF #DF805A

analogous

#5ADFC3 #5AB9DF #5A77DF

triadic

#5AB9DF #DF5AB9 #B9DF5A

tetradic

#5AB9DF #C35ADF #DF805A #77DF5A

square

#5AB9DF #C35ADF #DF805A #77DF5A

split-complementary

#5AB9DF #DF5A77 #DFC35A

monochromatic

#1F7BA0 #29A2D3 #5AB9DF #8DCFE9 #C1E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5AB9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#5AB9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9DF

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9DF	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.105 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee9',
    500: '#5ab9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9df;
$custom-light: #94cee9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74302,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.42199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9DF

secondary

#E3C0B2

accent

#4B16CF

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9DF

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

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