#5FB5DE#5FB5DE

#5FB5DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5DE
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 222)
HSL	hsl(199, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 18.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -14.29, -28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 31.85, 243.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0642 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.102 231)
XYZ	xyz(34.4230, 40.7514, 75.1448)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5DE #DE885F

analogous

#5FDEC7 #5FB5DE #5F76DE

triadic

#5FB5DE #DE5FB5 #B5DE5F

tetradic

#5FB5DE #C75FDE #DE885F #76DE5F

square

#5FB5DE #C75FDE #DE885F #76DE5F

split-complementary

#5FB5DE #DE5F76 #DEC75F

monochromatic

#2178A1 #2C9ED4 #5FB5DE #92CCE8 #C4E4F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5FB5DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#5FB5DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5DE

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5DE	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B3E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA5DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cbe8',
    500: '#5fb5de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5de;
$custom-light: #96cbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.37,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7354,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.40755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5DE

secondary

#E4C4B5

accent

#5318CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5DE

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

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