#5F9CB2#5F9CB2

#5F9CB2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.071 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5F9CB2
RGB	rgb(95, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(196, 35%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 47%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 12.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.15, -13.74, -17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.15, 22.31, 232.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.96% -0.0519 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(65.96% 0.071 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.6407, 29.4223, 46.4915)
Luminance	0.2942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5F9CB2 #B2755F

analogous

#5FB29E #5F9CB2 #5F72B2

triadic

#5F9CB2 #B25F9C #9CB25F

tetradic

#5F9CB2 #9E5FB2 #B2755F #72B25F

square

#5F9CB2 #9E5FB2 #B2755F #72B25F

split-complementary

#5F9CB2 #B25F72 #B29E5F

monochromatic

#315866 #457B8F #5F9CB2 #88B6C6 #B2CFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#5F9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#5F9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #5F9CB2

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5F9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5F9CB2	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F99B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#37A3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5f9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.071 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91b9c9',
    500: '#5f9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5f9cb2;
$custom-light: #91b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5f9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 35.021,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65964,
    "c": 0.07105,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5F9CB2

secondary

#C8AEA5

accent

#7A5DCB

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F1F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0D1113

muted

#7E8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #5F9CB2

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

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