#5FB4CE#5FB4CE

#5FB4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.090 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4CE
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 206)
HSL	hsl(194, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 12.6%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -18.48, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 27.99, 228.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.069 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.09 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1768, 39.5288, 64.3147)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4CE #CE795F

analogous

#5FCEB1 #5FB4CE #5F7DCE

triadic

#5FB4CE #CE5FB4 #B4CE5F

tetradic

#5FB4CE #B15FCE #CE795F #7DCE5F

square

#5FB4CE #B15FCE #CE795F #7DCE5F

split-complementary

#5FB4CE #CE5F7D #CEB15F

monochromatic

#2A7389 #389AB8 #5FB4CE #8ECADC #BDE0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5FB4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#5FB4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4CE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4CE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.090 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cadd',
    500: '#5fb4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4ce;
$custom-light: #95cadd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72655,
    "c": 0.09032,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4CE

secondary

#DAB9AF

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4CE

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

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