#5AB3CC#5AB3CC

#5AB3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.092 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3CC
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 12.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -19.56, -20.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 28.54, 226.73°)
OKLab	oklab(72.14% -0.0721 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(72.14% 0.092 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2314, 38.7706, 62.9526)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3CC #CC735A

analogous

#5ACCAC #5AB3CC #5A7ACC

triadic

#5AB3CC #CC5AB3 #B3CC5A

tetradic

#5AB3CC #AC5ACC #CC735A #7ACC5A

square

#5AB3CC #AC5ACC #CC735A #7ACC5A

split-complementary

#5AB3CC #CC5A7A #CCAC5A

monochromatic

#296F83 #3797B2 #5AB3CC #89C9DA #B7DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5AB3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#5AB3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3CC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3CC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.092 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cadb',
    500: '#5ab3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3cc;
$custom-light: #92cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.158,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72142,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3CC

secondary

#D8B4AA

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3CC

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

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