#5FAEE5#5FAEE5

#5FAEE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.112 H 241.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FAEE5
RGB	rgb(95, 174, 229)
HSL	hsl(205, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(205, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 24%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -8.38, -34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 35.94, 256.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0542 -0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.112 241)
XYZ	xyz(33.9930, 38.3590, 79.7262)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FAEE5 #E5965F

analogous

#5FE5D9 #5FAEE5 #5F6BE5

triadic

#5FAEE5 #E55FAE #AEE55F

tetradic

#5FAEE5 #D95FE5 #E5965F #6BE55F

square

#5FAEE5 #D95FE5 #E5965F #6BE55F

split-complementary

#5FAEE5 #E55F6B #E5D95F

monochromatic

#1C72AD #2A93DC #5FAEE5 #94C9EE #C8E3F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5FAEE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5FAEE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FAEE5

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FAEE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FAEE5	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95AEE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83A0E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5faee5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 174, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.112 241.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c6ed',
    500: '#5faee5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5faee5;
$custom-light: #97c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5faee5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.627,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.11198,
    "h": 241
  },
  "luminance": 0.38362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FAEE5

secondary

#E8CCB8

accent

#6111D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FAEE5

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

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