#5FB4E9#5FB4E9

#5FB4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.113 H 238.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB4E9
RGB	rgb(95, 180, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 22.7%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -10.41, -34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.79, 253.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0593 -0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.113 238.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7430, 40.9552, 83.0965)
Luminance	0.4096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB4E9 #E9945F

analogous

#5FE9D9 #5FB4E9 #5F6FE9

triadic

#5FB4E9 #E95FB4 #B4E95F

tetradic

#5FB4E9 #D95FE9 #E9945F #6FE95F

square

#5FB4E9 #D95FE9 #E9945F #6FE95F

split-complementary

#5FB4E9 #E95F6F #E9D95F

monochromatic

#1979B5 #299BE2 #5FB4E9 #95CDF0 #CBE6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5FB4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#5FB4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB4E9

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB4E9	1.00	2.28	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB3EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A5E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 180, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.113 238.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97caf0',
    500: '#5fb4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb4e9;
$custom-light: #97caf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.043,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.11278,
    "h": 238.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB4E9

secondary

#EACCBA

accent

#5B0DD8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB4E9

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

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