#5ABADD#5ABADD

#5ABADD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.103 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ABADD
RGB	rgb(90, 186, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.3%, 15.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -18.18, -26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 31.78, 235.11°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0733 -0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.103 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.8214, 42.5085, 74.7625)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ABADD #DD7D5A

analogous

#5ADDBF #5ABADD #5A78DD

triadic

#5ABADD #DD5ABA #BADD5A

tetradic

#5ABADD #BF5ADD #DD7D5A #78DD5A

square

#5ABADD #BF5ADD #DD7D5A #78DD5A

split-complementary

#5ABADD #DD5A78 #DDBF5A

monochromatic

#207B9C #2BA3CF #5ABADD #8DCFE7 #BFE4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5ABADD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#5ABADD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ABADD

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ABADD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ABADD	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5abadd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 186, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.103 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cee7',
    500: '#5abadd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5abadd;
$custom-light: #94cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5abadd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.031,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74449,
    "c": 0.10313,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ABADD

secondary

#E2BEB1

accent

#4818CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ABADD

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

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