#5FB4CD#5FB4CD

#5FB4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.090 H 219.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4CD
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 205)
HSL	hsl(194, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 12.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -18.76, -20.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 27.81, 227.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0694 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.09 219.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0558, 39.4803, 63.6769)
Luminance	0.3948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4CD #CD785F

analogous

#5FCDAF #5FB4CD #5F7DCD

triadic

#5FB4CD #CD5FB4 #B4CD5F

tetradic

#5FB4CD #AF5FCD #CD785F #7DCD5F

square

#5FB4CD #AF5FCD #CD785F #7DCD5F

split-complementary

#5FB4CD #CD5F7D #CDAF5F

monochromatic

#2A7287 #399AB6 #5FB4CD #8ECADC #BCE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5FB4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#5FB4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4CD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4CD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.090 219.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cadc',
    500: '#5fb4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4cd;
$custom-light: #95cadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.636,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72615,
    "c": 0.08971,
    "h": 219.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4CD

secondary

#DAB8AE

accent

#6D4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4CD

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

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