#5FB4E1#5FB4E1

#5FB4E1 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 233.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4E1
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 225)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 20%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -12.86, -30.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 32.98, 247.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.062 -0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.105 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6260, 40.5084, 77.2137)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4E1 #E18C5F

analogous

#5FE1CD #5FB4E1 #5F73E1

triadic

#5FB4E1 #E15FB4 #B4E15F

tetradic

#5FB4E1 #CD5FE1 #E18C5F #73E15F

square

#5FB4E1 #CD5FE1 #E18C5F #73E15F

split-complementary

#5FB4E1 #E15F73 #E1CD5F

monochromatic

#1F78A6 #2B9CD7 #5FB4E1 #93CCEB #C6E4F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5FB4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#5FB4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4E1

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4E1	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB2E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96caea',
    500: '#5fb4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4e1;
$custom-light: #96caea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.769,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73441,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4E1

secondary

#E5C7B6

accent

#5615D0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4E1

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

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