#5FB5E8#5FB5E8

#5FB5E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.111 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5E8
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 232)
HSL	hsl(202, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(202, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 22%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -11.26, -33.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 35.17, 251.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0607 -0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.111 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.8032, 41.3034, 82.4138)
Luminance	0.4131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5E8 #E8925F

analogous

#5FE8D7 #5FB5E8 #5F71E8

triadic

#5FB5E8 #E85FB5 #B5E85F

tetradic

#5FB5E8 #D75FE8 #E8925F #71E85F

square

#5FB5E8 #D75FE8 #E8925F #71E85F

split-complementary

#5FB5E8 #E85F71 #E8D75F

monochromatic

#1A7AB3 #299CE0 #5FB5E8 #95CEF0 #CAE6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5FB5E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#5FB5E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5E8

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5E8	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DB4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8AA6E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.111 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbef',
    500: '#5fb5e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5e8;
$custom-light: #97cbef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.336,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73975,
    "c": 0.11129,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5E8

secondary

#E9CBBA

accent

#590ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5E8

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

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