#5FB1CE#5FB1CE

#5FB1CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.090 H 223.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB1CE
RGB	rgb(95, 177, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(196, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 14.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -16.91, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 28.03, 232.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0656 -0.062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.09 223.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.5778, 38.3306, 64.1150)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB1CE #CE7C5F

analogous

#5FCEB4 #5FB1CE #5F7ACE

triadic

#5FB1CE #CE5FB1 #B1CE5F

tetradic

#5FB1CE #B45FCE #CE7C5F #7ACE5F

square

#5FB1CE #B45FCE #CE7C5F #7ACE5F

split-complementary

#5FB1CE #CE5F7A #CEB45F

monochromatic

#2A7089 #3896B8 #5FB1CE #8EC8DC #BDDFEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5FB1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5FB1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB1CE

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB1CE	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)

#A0ADD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 177, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.090 223.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c8dd',
    500: '#5fb1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb1ce;
$custom-light: #94c8dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.09029,
    "h": 223.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB1CE

secondary

#DABAAF

accent

#714BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB1CE

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

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