#5AB9E4#5AB9E4

#5AB9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.109 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9E4
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 18.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -15.54, -29.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 33.71, 242.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0697 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.109 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5636, 42.4695, 79.7070)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9E4 #E4855A

analogous

#5AE4CA #5AB9E4 #5A74E4

triadic

#5AB9E4 #E45AB9 #B9E45A

tetradic

#5AB9E4 #CA5AE4 #E4855A #74E45A

square

#5AB9E4 #CA5AE4 #E4855A #74E45A

split-complementary

#5AB9E4 #E45A74 #E4CA5A

monochromatic

#1C7CA8 #25A3DB #5AB9E4 #8FCFED #C3E6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5AB9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#5AB9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9E4

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9E4	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A8E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.109 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceec',
    500: '#5ab9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9e4;
$custom-light: #95ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.696,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74514,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9E4

secondary

#E6C3B4

accent

#4E12D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9E4

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

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