#5AB8CD#5AB8CD

#5AB8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8CD
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, -21.84, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 28.99, 221.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0772 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.094 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.3720, 40.8593, 63.9264)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8CD #CD6F5A

analogous

#5ACDA9 #5AB8CD #5A7ECD

triadic

#5AB8CD #CD5AB8 #B8CD5A

tetradic

#5AB8CD #A95ACD #CD6F5A #7ECD5A

square

#5AB8CD #A95ACD #CD6F5A #7ECD5A

split-complementary

#5AB8CD #CD5A7E #CDA95A

monochromatic

#287484 #369DB3 #5AB8CD #89CCDB #B8E0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5AB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#5AB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8CD

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8CD	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cddc',
    500: '#5ab8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8cd;
$custom-light: #92cddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.957,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8CD

secondary

#D8B3AA

accent

#664BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8CD

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

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