#5AB5CC#5AB5CC

#5AB5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.093 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5CC
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 204)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 11.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -20.60, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 28.63, 224.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0743 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.093 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6351, 39.5781, 63.0872)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5CC #CC715A

analogous

#5ACCAA #5AB5CC #5A7CCC

triadic

#5AB5CC #CC5AB5 #B5CC5A

tetradic

#5AB5CC #AA5ACC #CC715A #7CCC5A

square

#5AB5CC #AA5ACC #CC715A #7CCC5A

split-complementary

#5AB5CC #CC5A7C #CCAA5A

monochromatic

#297183 #3799B2 #5AB5CC #89CADA #B7DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5AB5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#5AB5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5CC

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5CC	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.093 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbdb',
    500: '#5ab5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5cc;
$custom-light: #92cbdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.105,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72608,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5CC

secondary

#D8B3AA

accent

#694CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5CC

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

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