#5ABCDC#5ABCDC

#5ABCDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.102 H 222.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5ABCDC
RGB	rgb(90, 188, 220)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 14.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -19.51, -24.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 31.47, 231.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0758 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.102 222.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.1128, 43.3040, 74.2043)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5ABCDC #DC7A5A

analogous

#5ADCBB #5ABCDC #5A7BDC

triadic

#5ABCDC #DC5ABC #BCDC5A

tetradic

#5ABCDC #BB5ADC #DC7A5A #7BDC5A

square

#5ABCDC #BB5ADC #DC7A5A #7BDC5A

split-complementary

#5ABCDC #DC5A7B #DCBB5A

monochromatic

#217D9B #2CA5CD #5ABCDC #8CD1E7 #BFE5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#5ABCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#5ABCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5ABCDC

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5ABCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5ABCDC	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5abcdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(90, 188, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.102 222.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d0e7',
    500: '#5abcdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5abcdc;
$custom-light: #94d0e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5abcdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 90,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 222.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5ABCDC

secondary

#E2BCB0

accent

#4519CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5ABCDC

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

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