#5AB8D5#5AB8D5

#5AB8D5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.098 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB8D5
RGB	rgb(90, 184, 213)
HSL	hsl(194, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 13.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -19.51, -23.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 30.18, 229.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0741 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.098 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.3625, 41.2555, 69.1428)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB8D5 #D5775A

analogous

#5AD5B4 #5AB8D5 #5A7BD5

triadic

#5AB8D5 #D55AB8 #B8D55A

tetradic

#5AB8D5 #B45AD5 #D5775A #7BD55A

square

#5AB8D5 #B45AD5 #D5775A #7BD55A

split-complementary

#5AB8D5 #D55A7B #D5B45A

monochromatic

#257790 #319FC1 #5AB8D5 #8BCDE1 #BCE2EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5AB8D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5AB8D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB8D5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB8D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB8D5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B4D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A6D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab8d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 184, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.098 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cde2',
    500: '#5ab8d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab8d5;
$custom-light: #93cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab8d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.146,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73662,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB8D5

secondary

#DDB9AD

accent

#6A45E3

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB8D5

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

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