#5FB5CB#5FB5CB

#5FB5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.089 H 216.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5CB
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 203)
HSL	hsl(192, 51%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(192, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.32, -19.85, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.32, 27.55, 223.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% -0.0713 -0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.089 216.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0185, 39.7896, 62.4812)
Luminance	0.3979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5CB #CB755F

analogous

#5FCBAB #5FB5CB #5F7FCB

triadic

#5FB5CB #CB5FB5 #B5CB5F

tetradic

#5FB5CB #AB5FCB #CB755F #7FCB5F

square

#5FB5CB #AB5FCB #CB755F #7FCB5F

split-complementary

#5FB5CB #CB5F7F #CBAB5F

monochromatic

#2B7285 #3A9AB3 #5FB5CB #8DCADA #BBE0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5FB5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#5FB5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5CB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5CB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.089 216.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94cbda',
    500: '#5fb5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5cb;
$custom-light: #94cbda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.222,
    "s": 50.943,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7277,
    "c": 0.08873,
    "h": 216.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5CB

secondary

#D8B6AD

accent

#6A4DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5CB

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

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