#5FA5E6#5FA5E6

#5FA5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.119 H 248.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5E6
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 230)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 28.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -3.08, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 39.50, 265.53°)
OKLab	oklab(70.31% -0.0443 -0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(70.31% 0.119 248.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4522, 35.0534, 79.9034)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5E6 #E6A05F

analogous

#5FE6E3 #5FA5E6 #5F61E6

triadic

#5FA5E6 #E65FA5 #A5E65F

tetradic

#5FA5E6 #E35FE6 #E6A05F #61E65F

square

#5FA5E6 #E35FE6 #E6A05F #61E65F

split-complementary

#5FA5E6 #E65F61 #E6E35F

monochromatic

#1B68AF #2A87DE #5FA5E6 #94C3EE #C9E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5FA5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#5FA5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5E6

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5E6	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.119 248.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97bfee',
    500: '#5fa5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5e6;
$custom-light: #97bfee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.889,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70314,
    "c": 0.11934,
    "h": 248.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5E6

secondary

#E8D0B9

accent

#6F10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5E6

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

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