#5AB9EB#5AB9EB

#5AB9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.115 H 234.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9EB
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 235)
HSL	hsl(201, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.46, -13.39, -33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.46, 35.89, 248.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% -0.0672 -0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.115 234.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5550, 42.8661, 84.9287)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9EB #EB8C5A

analogous

#5AEBD5 #5AB9EB #5A70EB

triadic

#5AB9EB #EB5AB9 #B9EB5A

tetradic

#5AB9EB #D55AEB #EB8C5A #70EB5A

square

#5AB9EB #D55AEB #EB8C5A #70EB5A

split-complementary

#5AB9EB #EB5A70 #EBD55A

monochromatic

#167EB5 #23A2E4 #5AB9EB #91D0F2 #C7E7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5AB9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#5AB9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9EB

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9EB	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.115 234.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef1',
    500: '#5ab9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9eb;
$custom-light: #95cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.69,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74819,
    "c": 0.11496,
    "h": 234.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9EB

secondary

#EAC8B7

accent

#530BDB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9EB

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

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