#5AB9CE#5AB9CE

#5AB9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.094 H 214.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5AB9CE
RGB	rgb(90, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(191, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -22.07, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 29.19, 220.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0779 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.094 214.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7015, 41.3247, 64.6337)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5AB9CE #CE6F5A

analogous

#5ACEA9 #5AB9CE #5A7FCE

triadic

#5AB9CE #CE5AB9 #B9CE5A

tetradic

#5AB9CE #A95ACE #CE6F5A #7FCE5A

square

#5AB9CE #A95ACE #CE6F5A #7FCE5A

split-complementary

#5AB9CE #CE5A7F #CEA95A

monochromatic

#287586 #369EB5 #5AB9CE #89CDDC #B8E1EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5AB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5AB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5AB9CE

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5AB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5AB9CE	1.00	2.27	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5ab9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.094 214.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cedd',
    500: '#5ab9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5ab9ce;
$custom-light: #92cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5ab9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7362,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5AB9CE

secondary

#D9B3AB

accent

#654ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5AB9CE

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

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