#5FB5CD#5FB5CD

#5FB5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.090 H 218.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5CD
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 205)
HSL	hsl(193, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(193, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 11.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.39, -19.28, -20.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.39, 27.85, 226.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0705 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.09 218.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2584, 39.8855, 63.7445)
Luminance	0.3989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5CD #CD775F

analogous

#5FCDAE #5FB5CD #5F7ECD

triadic

#5FB5CD #CD5FB5 #B5CD5F

tetradic

#5FB5CD #AE5FCD #CD775F #7ECD5F

square

#5FB5CD #AE5FCD #CD775F #7ECD5F

split-complementary

#5FB5CD #CD5F7E #CDAE5F

monochromatic

#2A7387 #399BB6 #5FB5CD #8ECBDC #BCE0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5FB5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#5FB5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5CD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5CD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.090 218.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbdc',
    500: '#5fb5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5cd;
$custom-light: #95cbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72847,
    "c": 0.08981,
    "h": 218.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5CD

secondary

#DAB8AE

accent

#6B4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5CD

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

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