#5AB0CE#5AB0CE

#5AB0CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.094 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB0CE
RGB	rgb(90, 176, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 14.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -17.41, -23.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 28.93, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.52% -0.068 -0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(71.52% 0.094 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8780, 37.6777, 64.0258)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB0CE #CE785A

analogous

#5ACEB2 #5AB0CE #5A76CE

triadic

#5AB0CE #CE5AB0 #B0CE5A

tetradic

#5AB0CE #B25ACE #CE785A #76CE5A

square

#5AB0CE #B25ACE #CE785A #76CE5A

split-complementary

#5AB0CE #CE5A76 #CEB25A

monochromatic

#286E86 #3694B5 #5AB0CE #89C7DC #B8DDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5AB0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#5AB0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB0CE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB0CE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FACD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 176, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.094 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c7dd',
    500: '#5ab0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab0ce;
$custom-light: #92c7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71524,
    "c": 0.09354,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB0CE

secondary

#D9B7AB

accent

#704ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB0CE

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

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