#5AB9CC#5AB9CC

#5AB9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.093 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9CC
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -22.64, -18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 29.00, 218.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0787 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.093 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4601, 41.2281, 63.3622)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9CC #CC6D5A

analogous

#5ACCA6 #5AB9CC #5A80CC

triadic

#5AB9CC #CC5AB9 #B9CC5A

tetradic

#5AB9CC #A65ACC #CC6D5A #80CC5A

square

#5AB9CC #A65ACC #CC6D5A #80CC5A

split-complementary

#5AB9CC #CC5A80 #CCA65A

monochromatic

#297483 #379DB2 #5AB9CC #89CDDA #B7E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5AB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5AB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9CC

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9CC	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)

#AAB3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A6CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.093 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cedb',
    500: '#5ab9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9cc;
$custom-light: #92cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 52.778,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73544,
    "c": 0.09335,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9CC

secondary

#D8B2AA

accent

#644CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9CC

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

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