#5FAFE5#5FAFE5

#5FAFE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.111 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FAFE5
RGB	rgb(95, 175, 229)
HSL	hsl(204, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(204, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -8.93, -34.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 35.64, 255.49°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0553 -0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.111 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.1869, 38.7468, 79.7908)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FAFE5 #E5955F

analogous

#5FE5D8 #5FAFE5 #5F6CE5

triadic

#5FAFE5 #E55FAF #AFE55F

tetradic

#5FAFE5 #D85FE5 #E5955F #6CE55F

square

#5FAFE5 #D85FE5 #E5955F #6CE55F

split-complementary

#5FAFE5 #E55F6C #E5D85F

monochromatic

#1C73AD #2A95DC #5FAFE5 #94C9EE #C8E4F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5FAFE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#5FAFE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FAFE5

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FAFE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FAFE5	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97AFE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84A1E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fafe5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 175, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.111 240.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c6ed',
    500: '#5fafe5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fafe5;
$custom-light: #97c6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fafe5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.179,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FAFE5

secondary

#E8CBB8

accent

#6011D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FAFE5

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

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