#5FA5BE#5FA5BE

#5FA5BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.080 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5BE
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 42%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 13.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.21, -15.16, -19.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.21, 24.83, 232.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.54% -0.058 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.54% 0.08 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4652, 33.0586, 53.6388)
Luminance	0.3306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5BE #BE785F

analogous

#5FBEA7 #5FA5BE #5F75BE

triadic

#5FA5BE #BE5FA5 #A5BE5F

tetradic

#5FA5BE #A75FBE #BE785F #75BE5F

square

#5FA5BE #A75FBE #BE785F #75BE5F

split-complementary

#5FA5BE #BE5F75 #BEA75F

monochromatic

#2F6274 #41869F #5FA5BE #8BBDD0 #B6D6E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5FA5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#5FA5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5BE

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5BE	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A2BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2AADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.080 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92bfd1',
    500: '#5fa5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5be;
$custom-light: #92bfd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 42.222,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68538,
    "c": 0.07953,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5BE

secondary

#D0B3A9

accent

#7656D2

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5BE

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

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