#5FB4E5#5FB4E5

#5FB4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.109 H 236.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4E5
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 229)
HSL	hsl(202, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 21.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -11.64, -32.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 34.34, 250.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.62% -0.0607 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(73.62% 0.109 236.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1781, 40.7292, 80.1212)
Luminance	0.4073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4E5 #E5905F

analogous

#5FE5D3 #5FB4E5 #5F71E5

triadic

#5FB4E5 #E55FB4 #B4E55F

tetradic

#5FB4E5 #D35FE5 #E5905F #71E55F

square

#5FB4E5 #D35FE5 #E5905F #71E55F

split-complementary

#5FB4E5 #E55F71 #E5D35F

monochromatic

#1C78AD #2A9BDC #5FB4E5 #94CDEE #C8E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5FB4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5FB4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4E5

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4E5	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)

#9DB3E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA5E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.109 236.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97caed',
    500: '#5fb4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4e5;
$custom-light: #97caed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.94,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73617,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 236.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4E5

secondary

#E8CAB8

accent

#5911D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4E5

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

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