#5ABCE9#5ABCE9

#5ABCE9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ABCE9
RGB	rgb(90, 188, 233)
HSL	hsl(199, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 19.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -15.59, -31.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 34.72, 243.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.41% -0.071 -0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(75.41% 0.112 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.9019, 44.0196, 83.6269)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ABCE9 #E9875A

analogous

#5AE9CE #5ABCE9 #5A74E9

triadic

#5ABCE9 #E95ABC #BCE95A

tetradic

#5ABCE9 #CE5AE9 #E9875A #74E95A

square

#5ABCE9 #CE5AE9 #E9875A #74E95A

split-complementary

#5ABCE9 #E95A74 #E9CE5A

monochromatic

#1881B1 #24A6E2 #5ABCE9 #90D2F0 #C6E8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#5ABCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#5ABCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ABCE9

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ABCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ABCE9	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B9EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91ABE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5abce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 188, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d0f0',
    500: '#5abce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5abce9;
$custom-light: #95d0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5abce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.881,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75412,
    "c": 0.11207,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ABCE9

secondary

#E9C6B6

accent

#4D0DD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ABCE9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →