#5FB5DD#5FB5DD

#5FB5DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.101 H 230.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5DD
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 221)
HSL	hsl(199, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 18.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -14.59, -27.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 31.55, 242.45°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0645 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.101 230.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2894, 40.6979, 74.4411)
Luminance	0.4070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5DD #DD875F

analogous

#5FDDC6 #5FB5DD #5F76DD

triadic

#5FB5DD #DD5FB5 #B5DD5F

tetradic

#5FB5DD #C65FDD #DD875F #76DD5F

square

#5FB5DD #C65FDD #DD875F #76DD5F

split-complementary

#5FB5DD #DD5F76 #DDC65F

monochromatic

#2278A0 #2D9ED2 #5FB5DD #91CCE8 #C4E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5FB5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5FB5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5DD

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5DD	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.101 230.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbe7',
    500: '#5fb5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5dd;
$custom-light: #96cbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73497,
    "c": 0.10121,
    "h": 230.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5DD

secondary

#E3C3B5

accent

#5219CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5DD

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

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