#5AB9EC#5AB9EC

#5AB9EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.116 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9EC
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 236)
HSL	hsl(201, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -13.08, -33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 36.23, 248.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0669 -0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.116 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6999, 42.9240, 85.6917)
Luminance	0.4293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9EC #EC8D5A

analogous

#5AECD6 #5AB9EC #5A70EC

triadic

#5AB9EC #EC5AB9 #B9EC5A

tetradic

#5AB9EC #D65AEC #EC8D5A #70EC5A

square

#5AB9EC #D65AEC #EC8D5A #70EC5A

split-complementary

#5AB9EC #EC5A70 #ECD65A

monochromatic

#157EB7 #23A2E6 #5AB9EC #91D0F2 #C8E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5AB9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#5AB9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9EC

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9EC	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B7EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA9EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.116 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cef2',
    500: '#5ab9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9ec;
$custom-light: #95cef2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.959,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74863,
    "c": 0.11589,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9EC

secondary

#EBC9B7

accent

#530ADC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9EC

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

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