#5AB0CD#5AB0CD

#5AB0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.093 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB0CD
RGB	rgb(90, 176, 205)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -17.70, -22.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 28.72, 231.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.0684 -0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.093 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7570, 37.6292, 63.3881)
Luminance	0.3763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB0CD #CD775A

analogous

#5ACDB0 #5AB0CD #5A77CD

triadic

#5AB0CD #CD5AB0 #B0CD5A

tetradic

#5AB0CD #B05ACD #CD775A #77CD5A

square

#5AB0CD #B05ACD #CD775A #77CD5A

split-complementary

#5AB0CD #CD5A77 #CDB05A

monochromatic

#286D84 #3694B3 #5AB0CD #89C6DB #B8DDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5AB0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5AB0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB0CD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB0CD	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 176, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.093 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7dc',
    500: '#5ab0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab0cd;
$custom-light: #92c7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71483,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB0CD

secondary

#D8B6AA

accent

#704BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB0CD

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

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