#5FA9CD#5FA9CD

#5FA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.091 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA9CD
RGB	rgb(95, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(200, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(200, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -12.94, -25.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 28.50, 242.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.057 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.091 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9226, 35.2140, 62.9659)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA9CD #CD835F

analogous

#5FCDBA #5FA9CD #5F72CD

triadic

#5FA9CD #CD5FA9 #A9CD5F

tetradic

#5FA9CD #BA5FCD #CD835F #72CD5F

square

#5FA9CD #BA5FCD #CD835F #72CD5F

split-complementary

#5FA9CD #CD5F72 #CDBA5F

monochromatic

#2A6987 #398DB6 #5FA9CD #8EC2DC #BCDBEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#5FA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#5FA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA9CD

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA9CD	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#889BCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DB3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.091 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c2dc',
    500: '#5fa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa9cd;
$custom-light: #94c2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70078,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA9CD

secondary

#DABCAE

accent

#7B4CDC

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F2F7FB

border

#CCD0D4

text

#0E1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA9CD

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

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