#5AB9EE#5AB9EE

#5AB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 235.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9EE
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(201, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.58, -12.46, -34.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.58, 36.91, 250.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0662 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.118 235.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9921, 43.0409, 87.2306)
Luminance	0.4304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9EE #EE8F5A

analogous

#5AEED9 #5AB9EE #5A6FEE

triadic

#5AB9EE #EE5AB9 #B9EE5A

tetradic

#5AB9EE #D95AEE #EE8F5A #6FEE5A

square

#5AB9EE #D95AEE #EE8F5A #6FEE5A

split-complementary

#5AB9EE #EE5A6F #EED95A

monochromatic

#137FBA #23A1E8 #5AB9EE #91D1F4 #C9E8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5AB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#5AB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9EE

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9EE	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 235.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cef3',
    500: '#5ab9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9ee;
$custom-light: #96cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.486,
    "s": 81.319,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 235.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9EE

secondary

#ECCBB8

accent

#5408DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9EE

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

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