#5990AB#5990AB

#5990AB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.071 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5990AB
RGB	rgb(89, 144, 171)
HSL	hsl(200, 33%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(200, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(48%, 15.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -10.64, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 22.51, 241.77°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% -0.0449 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.071 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.4411, 25.0090, 42.2175)
Luminance	0.2501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5990AB #AB7459

analogous

#59AB9D #5990AB #5967AB

triadic

#5990AB #AB5990 #90AB59

tetradic

#5990AB #9D59AB #AB7459 #67AB59

square

#5990AB #9D59AB #AB7459 #67AB59

split-complementary

#5990AB #AB5967 #AB9D59

monochromatic

#2E4D5B #436F84 #5990AB #82ABC0 #AAC6D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#5990AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#5990AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5990AB

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5990AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5990AB	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838EAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7785AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#319899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5990ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(89, 144, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.071 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8db0c4',
    500: '#5990ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5990ab;
$custom-light: #8db0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5990ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 89,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.756,
    "s": 32.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62567,
    "c": 0.07099,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5990AB

secondary

#C2AA9E

accent

#825FC9

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #5990AB

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

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