#5AB5CE#5AB5CE

#5AB5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.094 H 218.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB5CE
RGB	rgb(90, 181, 206)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(193, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 12.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -20.01, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 28.93, 226.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0735 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.094 218.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8765, 39.6746, 64.3587)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB5CE #CE735A

analogous

#5ACEAD #5AB5CE #5A7BCE

triadic

#5AB5CE #CE5AB5 #B5CE5A

tetradic

#5AB5CE #AD5ACE #CE735A #7BCE5A

square

#5AB5CE #AD5ACE #CE735A #7BCE5A

split-complementary

#5AB5CE #CE5A7B #CEAD5A

monochromatic

#287286 #369AB5 #5AB5CE #89CADC #B8DFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5AB5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#5AB5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB5CE

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB5CE	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 181, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.094 218.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbdd',
    500: '#5ab5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab5ce;
$custom-light: #92cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.931,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.09362,
    "h": 218.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB5CE

secondary

#D9B5AB

accent

#6A4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB5CE

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

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