#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
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(200, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, -13.70, -32.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 35.56, 247.35°)
OKLab	oklab(74.78% -0.0676 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(74.78% 0.114 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4110, 42.8085, 84.1699)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##5AB9EA	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5AB9EA

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

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