#5AABC5#5AABC5

#5AABC5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.088 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AABC5
RGB	rgb(90, 171, 197)
HSL	hsl(195, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 13.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -17.42, -20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 27.17, 230.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0659 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.088 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8535, 35.3281, 58.1110)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AABC5 #C5745A

analogous

#5AC5AA #5AABC5 #5A76C5

triadic

#5AABC5 #C55AAB #ABC55A

tetradic

#5AABC5 #AA5AC5 #C5745A #76C55A

square

#5AABC5 #AA5AC5 #C5745A #76C55A

split-complementary

#5AABC5 #C55A76 #C5AA5A

monochromatic

#2B677A #3B8DA7 #5AABC5 #87C2D5 #B5D9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5AABC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#5AABC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AABC5

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AABC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AABC5	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5aabc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 171, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.088 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c4d6',
    500: '#5aabc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5aabc5;
$custom-light: #91c4d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5aabc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.579,
    "s": 47.982,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69996,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AABC5

secondary

#D3B2A7

accent

#7150D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AABC5

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

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