#5FB5E7#5FB5E7

#5FB5E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.110 H 236.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5E7
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 231)
HSL	hsl(202, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 21.6%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -11.57, -32.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 34.82, 250.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.061 -0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.11 236.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6615, 41.2468, 81.6679)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5E7 #E7915F

analogous

#5FE7D5 #5FB5E7 #5F71E7

triadic

#5FB5E7 #E75FB5 #B5E75F

tetradic

#5FB5E7 #D55FE7 #E7915F #71E75F

square

#5FB5E7 #D55FE7 #E7915F #71E75F

split-complementary

#5FB5E7 #E75F71 #E7D55F

monochromatic

#1B7AB1 #2A9CDF #5FB5E7 #94CEEF #C9E6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5FB5E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5FB5E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5E7

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5E7	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EB4E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8BA6E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.110 236.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbee',
    500: '#5fb5e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5e7;
$custom-light: #97cbee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.059,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7393,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 236.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5E7

secondary

#E9CBB9

accent

#580FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5E7

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

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