#5FB5DC#5FB5DC

#5FB5DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.100 H 229.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5DC
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 220)
HSL	hsl(199, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 17.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -14.89, -27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 31.26, 241.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0649 -0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.1 229.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1565, 40.6448, 73.7415)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5DC #DC865F

analogous

#5FDCC5 #5FB5DC #5F77DC

triadic

#5FB5DC #DC5FB5 #B5DC5F

tetradic

#5FB5DC #C55FDC #DC865F #77DC5F

square

#5FB5DC #C55FDC #DC865F #77DC5F

split-complementary

#5FB5DC #DC5F77 #DCC55F

monochromatic

#23789E #2E9DD0 #5FB5DC #91CCE7 #C3E3F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5FB5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5FB5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5DC

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5DC	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.100 229.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbe7',
    500: '#5fb5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5dc;
$custom-light: #96cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.72,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 229.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5DC

secondary

#E3C3B4

accent

#511ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5DC

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

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