#5AB9E2#5AB9E2

#5AB9E2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.107 H 228.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9E2
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 226)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 18.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -16.15, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 33.14, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% -0.0704 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.107 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.2875, 42.3591, 78.2532)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9E2 #E2835A

analogous

#5AE2C7 #5AB9E2 #5A75E2

triadic

#5AB9E2 #E25AB9 #B9E25A

tetradic

#5AB9E2 #C75AE2 #E2835A #75E25A

square

#5AB9E2 #C75AE2 #E2835A #75E25A

split-complementary

#5AB9E2 #E25A75 #E2C75A

monochromatic

#1D7CA5 #26A3D9 #5AB9E2 #8ECFEB #C2E5F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5AB9E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#5AB9E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9E2

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9E2	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A8E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.107 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94ceeb',
    500: '#5ab9e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9e2;
$custom-light: #94ceeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.088,
    "s": 70.103,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74429,
    "c": 0.10714,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9E2

secondary

#E5C2B3

accent

#4D13D2

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9E2

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

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