#5FA5E1#5FA5E1

#5FA5E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.113 H 246.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5E1
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 225)
HSL	hsl(208, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(208, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 26.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -4.65, -36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 37.26, 262.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0458 -0.1038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.113 246.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.7601, 34.7766, 76.2584)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5E1 #E19B5F

analogous

#5FE1DC #5FA5E1 #5F64E1

triadic

#5FA5E1 #E15FA5 #A5E15F

tetradic

#5FA5E1 #DC5FE1 #E19B5F #64E15F

square

#5FA5E1 #DC5FE1 #E19B5F #64E15F

split-complementary

#5FA5E1 #E15F64 #E1DC5F

monochromatic

#1F68A6 #2B88D7 #5FA5E1 #93C2EB #C6DFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#5FA5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#5FA5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5E1

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5E1	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8BA6E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A99E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.113 246.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bfea',
    500: '#5fa5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5e1;
$custom-light: #96bfea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.692,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70073,
    "c": 0.11349,
    "h": 246.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5E1

secondary

#E5CCB6

accent

#6C15D0

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5E1

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

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