#5AB3CD#5AB3CD

#5AB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3CD
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -19.27, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 28.71, 227.83°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% -0.0717 -0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.093 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3517, 38.8187, 63.5863)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3CD #CD745A

analogous

#5ACDAD #5AB3CD #5A7ACD

triadic

#5AB3CD #CD5AB3 #B3CD5A

tetradic

#5AB3CD #AD5ACD #CD745A #7ACD5A

square

#5AB3CD #AD5ACD #CD745A #7ACD5A

split-complementary

#5AB3CD #CD5A7A #CDAD5A

monochromatic

#287084 #3697B3 #5AB3CD #89C9DB #B8DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5AB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#5AB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3CD

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3CD	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cadc',
    500: '#5ab3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3cd;
$custom-light: #92cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.565,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72181,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3CD

secondary

#D8B5AA

accent

#6C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3CD

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

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