#5AB9E7#5AB9E7

#5AB9E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.111 H 232.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9E7
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 231)
HSL	hsl(200, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 19.9%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.31, -14.62, -31.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.31, 34.61, 245.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0686 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.111 232)
XYZ	xyz(35.9836, 42.6375, 81.9193)
Luminance	0.4264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9E7 #E7885A

analogous

#5AE7CE #5AB9E7 #5A73E7

triadic

#5AB9E7 #E75AB9 #B9E75A

tetradic

#5AB9E7 #CE5AE7 #E7885A #73E75A

square

#5AB9E7 #CE5AE7 #E7885A #73E75A

split-complementary

#5AB9E7 #E75A73 #E7CE5A

monochromatic

#197DAD #25A2DF #5AB9E7 #8FD0EF #C5E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5AB9E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#5AB9E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9E7

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9E7	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.111 232.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceee',
    500: '#5ab9e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9e7;
$custom-light: #95ceee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.574,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74644,
    "c": 0.11136,
    "h": 232
  },
  "luminance": 0.42641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9E7

secondary

#E8C6B5

accent

#500FD7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9E7

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

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