#5FA9E6#5FA9E6

#5FA9E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.116 H 245.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FA9E6
RGB	rgb(95, 169, 230)
HSL	hsl(207, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(207, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 26.5%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -5.31, -37.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 38.00, 261.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.0486 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.116 245.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1850, 36.5190, 80.1476)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FA9E6 #E69C5F

analogous

#5FE6DF #5FA9E6 #5F65E6

triadic

#5FA9E6 #E65FA9 #A9E65F

tetradic

#5FA9E6 #DF5FE6 #E69C5F #65E65F

square

#5FA9E6 #DF5FE6 #E69C5F #65E65F

split-complementary

#5FA9E6 #E65F65 #E6DF5F

monochromatic

#1B6CAF #2A8DDE #5FA9E6 #94C5EE #C9E2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5FA9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#5FA9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FA9E6

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FA9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FA9E6	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FAAE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C9DE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fa9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 169, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.116 245.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c2ee',
    500: '#5fa9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fa9e6;
$custom-light: #97c2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fa9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 207.111,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.712,
    "c": 0.11634,
    "h": 245.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FA9E6

secondary

#E8CEB9

accent

#6910D5

background

#F9FBFE

surface

#F2F7FD

border

#CCD0D5

text

#0E1216

muted

#7E8184

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FA9E6

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

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