#5FA8E6#5FA8E6

#5FA8E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.117 H 246.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA8E6
RGB	rgb(95, 168, 230)
HSL	hsl(208, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(208, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 27%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -4.76, -38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 38.36, 262.88°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0475 -0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.117 246.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.9996, 36.1483, 80.0858)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA8E6 #E69D5F

analogous

#5FE6E1 #5FA8E6 #5F64E6

triadic

#5FA8E6 #E65FA8 #A8E65F

tetradic

#5FA8E6 #E15FE6 #E69D5F #64E65F

square

#5FA8E6 #E15FE6 #E69D5F #64E65F

split-complementary

#5FA8E6 #E65F64 #E6E15F

monochromatic

#1B6BAF #2A8BDE #5FA8E6 #94C5EE #C9E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5FA8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#5FA8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA8E6

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA8E6	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8DAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B9CE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 168, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.117 246.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c1ee',
    500: '#5fa8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa8e6;
$custom-light: #97c1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.556,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70978,
    "c": 0.11706,
    "h": 246.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA8E6

secondary

#E8CEB9

accent

#6B10D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA8E6

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

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