#5FB5CF#5FB5CF

#5FB5CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.091 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5CF
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 207)
HSL	hsl(194, 54%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 12.6%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -18.71, -21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 28.19, 228.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0697 -0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.091 220)
XYZ	xyz(32.5013, 39.9827, 65.0240)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5CF #CF795F

analogous

#5FCFB1 #5FB5CF #5F7DCF

triadic

#5FB5CF #CF5FB5 #B5CF5F

tetradic

#5FB5CF #B15FCF #CF795F #7DCF5F

square

#5FB5CF #B15FCF #CF795F #7DCF5F

split-complementary

#5FB5CF #CF5F7D #CFB15F

monochromatic

#29748A #389BB9 #5FB5CF #8ECBDD #BDE1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5FB5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#5FB5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5CF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5CF	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A4CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.091 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cbdd',
    500: '#5fb5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5cf;
$custom-light: #95cbdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.929,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72926,
    "c": 0.09097,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.39986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5CF

secondary

#DBB9AF

accent

#6D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FB

border

#CCD1D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5CF

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

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