#5AB6CB#5AB6CB

#5AB6CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.092 H 214.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5AB6CB
RGBrgb(90, 182, 203)
HSLhsl(191, 52%, 57%)
HSVhsv(191, 56%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(55.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(69.43, -21.40, -18.95)
CIE-LCHlch(69.43, 28.58, 221.53°)
OKLaboklab(72.8% -0.0758 -0.0525)
OKLCHoklch(72.8% 0.092 214.7)
XYZxyz(31.7196, 39.9384, 62.5256)
Luminance0.3994 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5AB6CB #CB6F5A
analogous
#5ACBA7 #5AB6CB #5A7ECB
triadic
#5AB6CB #CB5AB6 #B6CB5A
tetradic
#5AB6CB #A75ACB #CB6F5A #7ECB5A
square
#5AB6CB #A75ACB #CB6F5A #7ECB5A
split-complementary
#5AB6CB #CB5A7E #CBA75A
monochromatic
#297182 #389AB0 #5AB6CB #89CBDA #B7DFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#5AB6CB on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99
#5AB6CB on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB6CB
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5AB6CB#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5AB6CB1.002.348.998.99
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A7B1CC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A4CB
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00BEBC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5ab6cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 182, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.092 214.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccda',
    500: '#5ab6cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5ab6cb;
$custom-light: #92ccda;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5ab6cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.15,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72803,
    "c": 0.09222,
    "h": 214.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5AB6CB
secondary
#D7B2AA
accent
#674CDC
background
#F9FCFD
surface
#F2F8FA
border
#CCD1D3
text
#0E1315
muted
#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB6CB

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#5AB6CB Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva