#5FA5E5#5FA5E5

#5FA5E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 247.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5E5
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 229)
HSL	hsl(209, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 27.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -3.39, -38.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 39.05, 265.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0446 -0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.118 247.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3122, 34.9974, 79.1659)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5E5 #E59F5F

analogous

#5FE5E2 #5FA5E5 #5F62E5

triadic

#5FA5E5 #E55FA5 #A5E55F

tetradic

#5FA5E5 #E25FE5 #E59F5F #62E55F

square

#5FA5E5 #E25FE5 #E59F5F #62E55F

split-complementary

#5FA5E5 #E55F62 #E5E25F

monochromatic

#1C68AD #2A87DC #5FA5E5 #94C3EE #C8E0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#5FA5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#5FA5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5E5

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5E5	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8AA7E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#789AE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 247.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96bfed',
    500: '#5fa5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5e5;
$custom-light: #96bfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70265,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 247.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5E5

secondary

#E8CFB8

accent

#6E11D4

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5E5

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

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