#5FA5BF#5FA5BF

#5FA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.080 H 224.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5BF
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 43%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.24, -14.88, -20.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.24, 25.06, 233.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.0576 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.08 224.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5749, 33.1025, 54.2164)
Luminance	0.3311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5BF #BF795F

analogous

#5FBFA9 #5FA5BF #5F75BF

triadic

#5FA5BF #BF5FA5 #A5BF5F

tetradic

#5FA5BF #A95FBF #BF795F #75BF5F

square

#5FA5BF #A95FBF #BF795F #75BF5F

split-complementary

#5FA5BF #BF5F75 #BFA95F

monochromatic

#2F6275 #4086A1 #5FA5BF #8BBED0 #B6D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#5FA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#5FA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5BF

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5BF	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#28ADAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.080 224.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfd2',
    500: '#5fa5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5bf;
$custom-light: #93bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68578,
    "c": 0.08022,
    "h": 224.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5BF

secondary

#D1B4A9

accent

#7755D3

background

#F9FBFC

surface

#F2F7F9

border

#CCD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5BF

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

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