#5FB4E6#5FB4E6

#5FB4E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.110 H 236.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4E6
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 21.7%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -11.33, -32.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 34.70, 250.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0603 -0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.11 236.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3181, 40.7853, 80.8587)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4E6 #E6915F

analogous

#5FE6D4 #5FB4E6 #5F70E6

triadic

#5FB4E6 #E65FB4 #B4E65F

tetradic

#5FB4E6 #D45FE6 #E6915F #70E65F

square

#5FB4E6 #D45FE6 #E6915F #70E65F

split-complementary

#5FB4E6 #E65F70 #E6D45F

monochromatic

#1B78AF #2A9BDE #5FB4E6 #94CDEE #C9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5FB4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5FB4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4E6

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4E6	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB3E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA5E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.110 236.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97caee',
    500: '#5fb4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4e6;
$custom-light: #97caee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.222,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73661,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 236.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4E6

secondary

#E8CAB9

accent

#5910D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4E6

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

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