#5FA5C5#5FA5C5

#5FA5C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.085 H 229.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5C5
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 197)
HSL	hsl(199, 47%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(199, 52%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -13.14, -23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 26.65, 240.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.82% -0.0553 -0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(68.82% 0.085 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2487, 33.3720, 57.7653)
Luminance	0.3337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5C5 #C57F5F

analogous

#5FC5B2 #5FA5C5 #5F72C5

triadic

#5FA5C5 #C55FA5 #A5C55F

tetradic

#5FA5C5 #B25FC5 #C57F5F #72C55F

square

#5FA5C5 #B25FC5 #C57F5F #72C55F

split-complementary

#5FA5C5 #C55F72 #C5B25F

monochromatic

#2D647C #3D88A9 #5FA5C5 #8CBED5 #B9D8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#5FA5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.67

#5FA5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5C5

7.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5C5	1.00	2.74	7.67	7.67
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A3C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8697C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.085 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93bfd6',
    500: '#5fa5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5c5;
$custom-light: #93bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.824,
    "s": 46.789,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68823,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5C5

secondary

#D5B8AB

accent

#7B51D6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FA

border

#CCD0D3

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5C5

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

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