#5AB9CD#5AB9CD

#5AB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9CD
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -22.35, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 29.09, 219.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0783 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.094 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5805, 41.2763, 63.9959)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9CD #CD6E5A

analogous

#5ACDA7 #5AB9CD #5A7FCD

triadic

#5AB9CD #CD5AB9 #B9CD5A

tetradic

#5AB9CD #A75ACD #CD6E5A #7FCD5A

square

#5AB9CD #A75ACD #CD6E5A #7FCD5A

split-complementary

#5AB9CD #CD5A7F #CDA75A

monochromatic

#287484 #369EB3 #5AB9CD #89CDDB #B8E1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5AB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#5AB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9CD

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9CD	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cedc',
    500: '#5ab9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9cd;
$custom-light: #92cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73582,
    "c": 0.09377,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9CD

secondary

#D8B2AA

accent

#644BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9CD

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

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