#5AB3CE#5AB3CE

#5AB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.093 H 220.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB3CE
RGB	rgb(90, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(194, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -18.98, -21.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 28.88, 228.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.0713 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.094 220.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4728, 38.8671, 64.2241)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB3CE #CE755A

analogous

#5ACEAF #5AB3CE #5A79CE

triadic

#5AB3CE #CE5AB3 #B3CE5A

tetradic

#5AB3CE #AF5ACE #CE755A #79CE5A

square

#5AB3CE #AF5ACE #CE755A #79CE5A

split-complementary

#5AB3CE #CE5A79 #CEAF5A

monochromatic

#287086 #3697B5 #5AB3CE #89C9DC #B8DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5AB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#5AB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB3CE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB3CE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.093 220.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92c9dd',
    500: '#5ab3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab3ce;
$custom-light: #92c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.966,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72221,
    "c": 0.0935,
    "h": 220.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB3CE

secondary

#D9B6AB

accent

#6D4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB3CE

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

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