#5FA5CD#5FA5CD

#5FA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.092 H 235.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5CD
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(202, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(202, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -10.77, -27.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 29.22, 248.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0524 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.092 235.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1898, 33.7485, 62.7216)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5CD #CD875F

analogous

#5FCDBE #5FA5CD #5F6ECD

triadic

#5FA5CD #CD5FA5 #A5CD5F

tetradic

#5FA5CD #BE5FCD #CD875F #6ECD5F

square

#5FA5CD #BE5FCD #CD875F #6ECD5F

split-complementary

#5FA5CD #CD5F6E #CDBE5F

monochromatic

#2A6587 #3988B6 #5FA5CD #8EBFDC #BCD9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#5FA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#5FA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5CD

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5CD	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.092 235.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94bfdc',
    500: '#5fa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5cd;
$custom-light: #94bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.818,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.09208,
    "h": 235.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5CD

secondary

#DABEAE

accent

#804CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5CD

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

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