#5AB5CD#5AB5CD

#5AB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.093 H 217.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5CD
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -20.30, -20.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 28.78, 225.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0739 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.093 217.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7554, 39.6262, 63.7209)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5CD #CD725A

analogous

#5ACDAC #5AB5CD #5A7BCD

triadic

#5AB5CD #CD5AB5 #B5CD5A

tetradic

#5AB5CD #AC5ACD #CD725A #7BCD5A

square

#5AB5CD #AC5ACD #CD725A #7BCD5A

split-complementary

#5AB5CD #CD5A7B #CDAC5A

monochromatic

#287184 #3699B3 #5AB5CD #89CADB #B8DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5AB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#5AB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5CD

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5CD	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.093 217.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbdc',
    500: '#5ab5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5cd;
$custom-light: #92cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.522,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72647,
    "c": 0.09307,
    "h": 217.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5CD

secondary

#D8B4AA

accent

#694BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5CD

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

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