#5FB5E4#5FB5E4

#5FB5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.107 H 234.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5E4
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 228)
HSL	hsl(201, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(201, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 20.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.23, -12.48, -31.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.23, 33.78, 248.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0621 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.107 234.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2415, 41.0788, 79.4555)
Luminance	0.4108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5E4 #E48E5F

analogous

#5FE4D0 #5FB5E4 #5F72E4

triadic

#5FB5E4 #E45FB5 #B5E45F

tetradic

#5FB5E4 #D05FE4 #E48E5F #72E45F

square

#5FB5E4 #D05FE4 #E48E5F #72E45F

split-complementary

#5FB5E4 #E45F72 #E4D05F

monochromatic

#1D79AC #2B9DDB #5FB5E4 #93CDED #C8E5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5FB5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5FB5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5E4

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5E4	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8CA6E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.107 234.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbec',
    500: '#5fb5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5e4;
$custom-light: #97cbec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73798,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 234.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5E4

secondary

#E7C8B8

accent

#5612D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5E4

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

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