#5FB3CD#5FB3CD

#5FB3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.090 H 220.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB3CD
RGB	rgb(95, 179, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 12.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -18.24, -20.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 27.80, 228.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0682 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.09 220.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8546, 39.0780, 63.6099)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB3CD #CD795F

analogous

#5FCDB0 #5FB3CD #5F7CCD

triadic

#5FB3CD #CD5FB3 #B3CD5F

tetradic

#5FB3CD #B05FCD #CD795F #7CCD5F

square

#5FB3CD #B05FCD #CD795F #7CCD5F

split-complementary

#5FB3CD #CD5F7C #CDB05F

monochromatic

#2A7187 #3998B6 #5FB3CD #8EC9DC #BCDFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5FB3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#5FB3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB3CD

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB3CD	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 179, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.090 220.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94c9dc',
    500: '#5fb3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb3cd;
$custom-light: #94c9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.182,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72384,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 220.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB3CD

secondary

#DAB8AE

accent

#6E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB3CD

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

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