#5FB4DC#5FB4DC

#5FB4DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 230.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4DC
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 18.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -14.36, -27.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 31.40, 242.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0638 -0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.101 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9539, 40.2396, 73.6739)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4DC #DC875F

analogous

#5FDCC6 #5FB4DC #5F76DC

triadic

#5FB4DC #DC5FB4 #B4DC5F

tetradic

#5FB4DC #C65FDC #DC875F #76DC5F

square

#5FB4DC #C65FDC #DC875F #76DC5F

split-complementary

#5FB4DC #DC5F76 #DCC65F

monochromatic

#23779E #2E9CD0 #5FB4DC #91CCE7 #C3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5FB4DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#5FB4DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4DC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4DC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cae7',
    500: '#5fb4dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4dc;
$custom-light: #96cae7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73227,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4DC

secondary

#E3C3B4

accent

#531ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4DC

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

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