#5FA5E7#5FA5E7

#5FA5E7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.121 H 248.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA5E7
RGB	rgb(95, 165, 231)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(209, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 28.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -2.76, -39.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 39.96, 266.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.044 -0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.121 248.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5930, 35.1097, 80.6451)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA5E7 #E7A15F

analogous

#5FE7E5 #5FA5E7 #5F61E7

triadic

#5FA5E7 #E75FA5 #A5E75F

tetradic

#5FA5E7 #E55FE7 #E7A15F #61E75F

square

#5FA5E7 #E55FE7 #E7A15F #61E75F

split-complementary

#5FA5E7 #E75F61 #E7E55F

monochromatic

#1B68B1 #2A87DF #5FA5E7 #94C3EF #C9E1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#5FA5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#5FA5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA5E7

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA5E7	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89A7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#779AE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 165, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.121 248.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97bfef',
    500: '#5fa5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa5e7;
$custom-light: #97bfef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.118,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70363,
    "c": 0.12052,
    "h": 248.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA5E7

secondary

#E9D0B9

accent

#700FD6

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA5E7

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

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