#5FA5BC#5FA5BC

#5FA5BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.078 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5BC
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 188)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.5%, 12.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -15.73, -18.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 24.41, 229.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% -0.0587 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.078 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.2482, 32.9718, 52.4955)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5BC #BC765F

analogous

#5FBCA4 #5FA5BC #5F76BC

triadic

#5FA5BC #BC5FA5 #A5BC5F

tetradic

#5FA5BC #A45FBC #BC765F #76BC5F

square

#5FA5BC #A45FBC #BC765F #76BC5F

split-complementary

#5FA5BC #BC5F76 #BCA45F

monochromatic

#2F6171 #41869C #5FA5BC #8ABDCE #B5D6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#5FA5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#5FA5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5BC

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5BC	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2CADAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.078 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfd0',
    500: '#5fa5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5bc;
$custom-light: #92bfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.839,
    "s": 40.969,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68459,
    "c": 0.07819,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5BC

secondary

#CFB2A8

accent

#7557D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5BC

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

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