#5FA3BD#5FA3BD

#5FA3BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.079 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA3BD
RGB	rgb(95, 163, 189)
HSL	hsl(197, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 13.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -14.38, -20.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 24.67, 234.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% -0.056 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.079 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9984, 32.2992, 52.9459)
Luminance	0.3230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA3BD #BD795F

analogous

#5FBDA8 #5FA3BD #5F74BD

triadic

#5FA3BD #BD5FA3 #A3BD5F

tetradic

#5FA3BD #A85FBD #BD795F #74BD5F

square

#5FA3BD #A85FBD #BD795F #74BD5F

split-complementary

#5FA3BD #BD5F74 #BDA85F

monochromatic

#2F6072 #41849E #5FA3BD #8ABCCF #B6D5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#5FA3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#5FA3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA3BD

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA3BD	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8795BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BABAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 163, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.079 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bed1',
    500: '#5fa3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa3bd;
$custom-light: #92bed1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68033,
    "c": 0.07885,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA3BD

secondary

#CFB3A8

accent

#7856D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F6F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA3BD

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

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