#5AB4CC#5AB4CC

#5AB4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.092 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4CC
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 204)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 11.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, -20.08, -20.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 28.58, 225.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0732 -0.0564)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.092 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4325, 39.1729, 63.0197)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4CC #CC725A

analogous

#5ACCAB #5AB4CC #5A7BCC

triadic

#5AB4CC #CC5AB4 #B4CC5A

tetradic

#5AB4CC #AB5ACC #CC725A #7BCC5A

square

#5AB4CC #AB5ACC #CC725A #7BCC5A

split-complementary

#5AB4CC #CC5A7B #CCAB5A

monochromatic

#297083 #3798B2 #5AB4CC #89C9DA #B7DEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5AB4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#5AB4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4CC

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4CC	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AFCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.092 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cadb',
    500: '#5ab4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4cc;
$custom-light: #92cadb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.632,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4CC

secondary

#D8B4AA

accent

#6A4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4CC

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

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