#5FA5BD#5FA5BD

#5FA5BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.079 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5BD
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(195, 50%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.17, -15.45, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.17, 24.61, 231.12°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0583 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.079 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3563, 33.0150, 53.0652)
Luminance	0.3302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5BD #BD775F

analogous

#5FBDA6 #5FA5BD #5F76BD

triadic

#5FA5BD #BD5FA5 #A5BD5F

tetradic

#5FA5BD #A65FBD #BD775F #76BD5F

square

#5FA5BD #A65FBD #BD775F #76BD5F

split-complementary

#5FA5BD #BD5F76 #BDA65F

monochromatic

#2F6172 #41869E #5FA5BD #8ABDCF #B6D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5FA5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#5FA5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5BD

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5BD	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2BADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.079 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfd1',
    500: '#5fa5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5bd;
$custom-light: #92bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.319,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68499,
    "c": 0.07884,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5BD

secondary

#CFB2A8

accent

#7656D1

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5BD

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

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