#5AABBE#5AABBE

#5AABBE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.084 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AABBE
RGBrgb(90, 171, 190)
HSLhsl(191, 43%, 55%)
HSVhsv(191, 53%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(52.6%, 10%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LABlab(65.76, -19.44, -17.33)
CIE-LCHlch(65.76, 26.05, 221.71°)
OKLaboklab(69.72% -0.0686 -0.0479)
OKLCHoklch(69.72% 0.084 214.9)
XYZxyz(28.0700, 35.0147, 53.9845)
Luminance0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AABBE #BE6D5A
analogous
#5ABE9F #5AABBE #5A79BE
triadic
#5AABBE #BE5AAB #ABBE5A
tetradic
#5AABBE #9F5ABE #BE6D5A #79BE5A
square
#5AABBE #9F5ABE #BE6D5A #79BE5A
split-complementary
#5AABBE #BE5A79 #BE9F5A
monochromatic
#2D6471 #3E8B9D #5AABBE #86C1CF #B2D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62
#5AABBE on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00
#5AABBE on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AABBE
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AABBE#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AABBE1.002.628.008.00
#FFFFFF2.621.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0021.001.001.00
##0000008.0021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DA6BF
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E9BBE
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#10B2B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5aabbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 171, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.084 214.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c4d1',
    500: '#5aabbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5aabbe;
$custom-light: #90c4d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5aabbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 43.478,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69721,
    "c": 0.08373,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AABBE
secondary
#CFADA5
accent
#6D55D3
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F2F8F9
border
#CCD1D2
text
#0D1214
muted
#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AABBE

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#5AABBE Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva