#5AB2CD#5AB2CD

#5AB2CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.093 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB2CD
RGB	rgb(90, 178, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 13.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -18.75, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 28.69, 229.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0706 -0.0603)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.093 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.1520, 38.4193, 63.5198)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB2CD #CD755A

analogous

#5ACDAE #5AB2CD #5A78CD

triadic

#5AB2CD #CD5AB2 #B2CD5A

tetradic

#5AB2CD #AE5ACD #CD755A #78CD5A

square

#5AB2CD #AE5ACD #CD755A #78CD5A

split-complementary

#5AB2CD #CD5A78 #CDAE5A

monochromatic

#286F84 #3696B3 #5AB2CD #89C8DB #B8DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5AB2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#5AB2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB2CD

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB2CD	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A1CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 178, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.093 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9dc',
    500: '#5ab2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab2cd;
$custom-light: #92c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.087,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71948,
    "c": 0.09286,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB2CD

secondary

#D8B5AA

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB2CD

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

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