#5FB3CE#5FB3CE

#5FB3CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.090 H 221.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB3CE
RGB	rgb(95, 179, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(195, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 13.1%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -17.95, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 27.99, 230.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0679 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.09 221.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9757, 39.1265, 64.2476)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB3CE #CE7A5F

analogous

#5FCEB2 #5FB3CE #5F7CCE

triadic

#5FB3CE #CE5FB3 #B3CE5F

tetradic

#5FB3CE #B25FCE #CE7A5F #7CCE5F

square

#5FB3CE #B25FCE #CE7A5F #7CCE5F

split-complementary

#5FB3CE #CE5F7C #CEB25F

monochromatic

#2A7289 #3899B8 #5FB3CE #8EC9DC #BDE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5FB3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#5FB3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB3CE

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB3CE	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AFCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 179, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.090 221.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95c9dd',
    500: '#5fb3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb3ce;
$custom-light: #95c9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.595,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 221.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB3CE

secondary

#DAB9AF

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB3CE

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

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