#5AB9E8#5AB9E8

#5AB9E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 232.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9E8
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 232)
HSL	hsl(200, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(200, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.35, -14.31, -31.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.35, 34.92, 245.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0683 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.112 232.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1253, 42.6942, 82.6653)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9E8 #E8895A

analogous

#5AE8D0 #5AB9E8 #5A72E8

triadic

#5AB9E8 #E85AB9 #B9E85A

tetradic

#5AB9E8 #D05AE8 #E8895A #72E85A

square

#5AB9E8 #D05AE8 #E8895A #72E85A

split-complementary

#5AB9E8 #E85A72 #E8D05A

monochromatic

#187DAF #24A2E1 #5AB9E8 #90D0EF #C5E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5AB9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#5AB9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9E8

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9E8	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 232.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ceef',
    500: '#5ab9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9e8;
$custom-light: #95ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.859,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74687,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 232.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9E8

secondary

#E8C6B5

accent

#510ED8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9E8

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

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