#5FB3E6#5FB3E6

#5FB3E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.110 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB3E6
RGB	rgb(95, 179, 230)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 22.2%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.74, -10.79, -33.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.74, 34.94, 252.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0592 -0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.11 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1170, 40.3830, 80.7916)
Luminance	0.4039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB3E6 #E6925F

analogous

#5FE6D6 #5FB3E6 #5F6FE6

triadic

#5FB3E6 #E65FB3 #B3E65F

tetradic

#5FB3E6 #D65FE6 #E6925F #6FE65F

square

#5FB3E6 #D65FE6 #E6925F #6FE65F

split-complementary

#5FB3E6 #E65F6F #E6D65F

monochromatic

#1B77AF #2A9ADE #5FB3E6 #94CCEE #C9E5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5FB3E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#5FB3E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB3E6

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB3E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB3E6	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB2E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A4E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb3e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 179, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.110 237.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97c9ee',
    500: '#5fb3e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb3e6;
$custom-light: #97c9ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb3e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.667,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73436,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB3E6

secondary

#E8CBB9

accent

#5B10D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB3E6

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

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