#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
RGBrgb(90, 185, 204)
HSLhsl(190, 53%, 58%)
HSVhsv(190, 56%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(55.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LABlab(70.34, -22.64, -18.12)
CIE-LCHlch(70.34, 29.00, 218.67°)
OKLaboklab(73.54% -0.0787 -0.0502)
OKLCHoklch(73.54% 0.093 212.5)
XYZxyz(32.4601, 41.2281, 63.3622)
Luminance0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##5AB9CC1.002.279.259.25
#FFFFFF2.271.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2521.001.001.00
##0000009.2521.001.001.00

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

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#5AB9CC Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva