#5FA8CE#5FA8CE

#5FA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.092 H 232.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA8CE
RGB	rgb(95, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(201, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -12.11, -26.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 28.98, 245.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.89% -0.0555 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(69.89% 0.092 232.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8584, 34.8918, 63.5419)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA8CE #CE855F

analogous

#5FCEBD #5FA8CE #5F71CE

triadic

#5FA8CE #CE5FA8 #A8CE5F

tetradic

#5FA8CE #BD5FCE #CE855F #71CE5F

square

#5FA8CE #BD5FCE #CE855F #71CE5F

split-complementary

#5FA8CE #CE5F71 #CEBD5F

monochromatic

#2A6889 #388CB8 #5FA8CE #8EC1DC #BDDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#5FA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#5FA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA8CE

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA8CE	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BB2B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.092 232.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c1dd',
    500: '#5fa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa8ce;
$custom-light: #94c1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.541,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69891,
    "c": 0.09194,
    "h": 232.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA8CE

secondary

#DABEAF

accent

#7D4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA8CE

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

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