#5AB9EA#5AB9EA

#5AB9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.114 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB9EA
RGBrgb(90, 185, 234)
HSLhsl(200, 77%, 64%)
HSVhsv(200, 62%, 92%)
CMYKcmyk(61.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LABlab(71.42, -13.70, -32.82)
CIE-LCHlch(71.42, 35.56, 247.35°)
OKLaboklab(74.78% -0.0676 -0.0919)
OKLCHoklch(74.78% 0.114 233.7)
XYZxyz(36.4110, 42.8085, 84.1699)
Luminance0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB9EA #EA8B5A
analogous
#5AEAD3 #5AB9EA #5A71EA
triadic
#5AB9EA #EA5AB9 #B9EA5A
tetradic
#5AB9EA #D35AEA #EA8B5A #71EA5A
square
#5AB9EA #D35AEA #EA8B5A #71EA5A
split-complementary
#5AB9EA #EA5A71 #EAD35A
monochromatic
#177EB3 #24A2E3 #5AB9EA #90D0F1 #C7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20
#5AB9EA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56
#5AB9EA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9EA
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB9EA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB9EA1.002.209.569.56
#FFFFFF2.201.0021.0021.00
#0000009.5621.001.001.00
##0000009.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A1B7EC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8DA8E9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C6C9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.114 233.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef1',
    500: '#5ab9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab9ea;
$custom-light: #95cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.417,
    "s": 77.419,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74775,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB9EA
secondary
#E9C8B6
accent
#520CDA
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F9FD
border
#CCD2D5
text
#0E1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#5AB9EA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva