#5AB4CD#5AB4CD

#5AB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.093 H 218.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB4CD
RGB	rgb(90, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -19.79, -20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 28.73, 226.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0728 -0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.093 218.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5528, 39.2210, 63.6534)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB4CD #CD735A

analogous

#5ACDAC #5AB4CD #5A7BCD

triadic

#5AB4CD #CD5AB4 #B4CD5A

tetradic

#5AB4CD #AC5ACD #CD735A #7BCD5A

square

#5AB4CD #AC5ACD #CD735A #7BCD5A

split-complementary

#5AB4CD #CD5A7B #CDAC5A

monochromatic

#287084 #3698B3 #5AB4CD #89C9DB #B8DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5AB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#5AB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB4CD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB4CD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	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)

#A4AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.093 218.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cadc',
    500: '#5ab4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab4cd;
$custom-light: #92cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.043,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72414,
    "c": 0.09297,
    "h": 218.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB4CD

secondary

#D8B4AA

accent

#6B4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB4CD

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

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