#5FA3BC#5FA3BC

#5FA3BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.078 H 223.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA3BC
RGB	rgb(95, 163, 188)
HSL	hsl(196, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 13.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -14.67, -19.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 24.44, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(67.99% -0.0564 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(67.99% 0.078 223.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.8902, 32.2559, 52.3762)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA3BC #BC785F

analogous

#5FBCA6 #5FA3BC #5F74BC

triadic

#5FA3BC #BC5FA3 #A3BC5F

tetradic

#5FA3BC #A65FBC #BC785F #74BC5F

square

#5FA3BC #A65FBC #BC785F #74BC5F

split-complementary

#5FA3BC #BC5F74 #BCA65F

monochromatic

#2F6071 #41849C #5FA3BC #8ABCCE #B5D5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#5FA3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#5FA3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA3BC

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA3BC	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 163, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.078 223.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bed0',
    500: '#5fa3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa3bc;
$custom-light: #92bed0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.129,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67993,
    "c": 0.07813,
    "h": 223.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA3BC

secondary

#CFB2A8

accent

#7857D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA3BC

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

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