#5AB8CB#5AB8CB

#5AB8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.093 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8CB
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -22.42, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 28.79, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.078 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.093 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1321, 40.7634, 62.6631)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8CB #CB6D5A

analogous

#5ACBA5 #5AB8CB #5A80CB

triadic

#5AB8CB #CB5AB8 #B8CB5A

tetradic

#5AB8CB #A55ACB #CB6D5A #80CB5A

square

#5AB8CB #A55ACB #CB6D5A #80CB5A

split-complementary

#5AB8CB #CB5A80 #CBA55A

monochromatic

#297382 #389CB0 #5AB8CB #89CCDA #B7E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5AB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8CB

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8CB	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.093 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdda',
    500: '#5ab8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8cb;
$custom-light: #92cdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.088,
    "s": 52.074,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73272,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8CB

secondary

#D7B1AA

accent

#644CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8CB

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

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