#5FB3EC#5FB3EC

#5FB3EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.116 H 240.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB3EC
RGB	rgb(95, 179, 236)
HSL	hsl(204, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 24.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -8.94, -36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 37.22, 256.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0573 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.116 240.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9741, 40.7258, 85.3057)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB3EC #EC985F

analogous

#5FECDE #5FB3EC #5F6DEC

triadic

#5FB3EC #EC5FB3 #B3EC5F

tetradic

#5FB3EC #DE5FEC #EC985F #6DEC5F

square

#5FB3EC #DE5FEC #EC985F #6DEC5F

split-complementary

#5FB3EC #EC5F6D #ECDE5F

monochromatic

#1678BA #2899E6 #5FB3EC #96CDF2 #CCE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5FB3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5FB3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB3EC

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB3EC	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99B3EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86A5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 179, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.116 240.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98c9f2',
    500: '#5fb3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb3ec;
$custom-light: #98c9f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.255,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73707,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 240.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB3EC

secondary

#EBCFBB

accent

#5F0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB3EC

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

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