#5FB5E6#5FB5E6

#5FB5E6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.109 H 235.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5E6
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 230)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 21.3%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, -11.87, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 34.46, 249.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0614 -0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.109 235.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.5207, 41.1905, 80.9262)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5E6 #E6905F

analogous

#5FE6D3 #5FB5E6 #5F71E6

triadic

#5FB5E6 #E65FB5 #B5E65F

tetradic

#5FB5E6 #D35FE6 #E6905F #71E65F

square

#5FB5E6 #D35FE6 #E6905F #71E65F

split-complementary

#5FB5E6 #E65F71 #E6D35F

monochromatic

#1B7AAF #2A9DDE #5FB5E6 #94CDEE #C9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5FB5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#5FB5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5E6

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5E6	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.109 235.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbee',
    500: '#5fb5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5e6;
$custom-light: #97cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.778,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73886,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 235.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5E6

secondary

#E8CAB9

accent

#5810D5

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5E6

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

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