#5FAAC9#5FAAC9

#5FAAC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.087 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FAAC9
RGB	rgb(95, 170, 201)
HSL	hsl(198, 50%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(198, 53%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 15.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -14.65, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 27.24, 237.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% -0.0596 -0.0637)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.087 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6327, 35.3968, 60.5177)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FAAC9 #C97E5F

analogous

#5FC9B3 #5FAAC9 #5F75C9

triadic

#5FAAC9 #C95FAA #AAC95F

tetradic

#5FAAC9 #B35FC9 #C97E5F #75C95F

square

#5FAAC9 #B35FC9 #C97E5F #75C95F

split-complementary

#5FAAC9 #C95F75 #C9B35F

monochromatic

#2C6982 #3B8EB0 #5FAAC9 #8DC2D8 #BBDBE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#5FAAC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#5FAAC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FAAC9

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FAAC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FAAC9	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A9BC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5faac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 170, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.087 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c3d9',
    500: '#5faac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5faac9;
$custom-light: #94c3d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5faac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.547,
    "s": 49.533,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70142,
    "c": 0.08726,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FAAC9

secondary

#D7B9AD

accent

#774FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FAAC9

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

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