#5FB5E9#5FB5E9

#5FB5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.112 H 237.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5FB5E9
RGBrgb(95, 181, 233)
HSLhsl(203, 76%, 64%)
HSVhsv(203, 59%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(59.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LABlab(70.43, -10.95, -33.81)
CIE-LCHlch(70.43, 35.54, 252.05°)
OKLaboklab(74.02% -0.0604 -0.0947)
OKLCHoklch(74.02% 0.112 237.5)
XYZxyz(35.9456, 41.3604, 83.1640)
Luminance0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5FB5E9 #E9935F
analogous
#5FE9D8 #5FB5E9 #5F70E9
triadic
#5FB5E9 #E95FB5 #B5E95F
tetradic
#5FB5E9 #D85FE9 #E9935F #70E95F
square
#5FB5E9 #D85FE9 #E9935F #70E95F
split-complementary
#5FB5E9 #E95F70 #E9D85F
monochromatic
#197AB5 #299CE2 #5FB5E9 #95CEF0 #CBE7F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26
#5FB5E9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27
#5FB5E9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5E9
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5FB5E9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5FB5E91.002.269.279.27
#FFFFFF2.261.0021.0021.00
#0000009.2721.001.001.00
##0000009.2721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9DB4EB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8AA6E8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2C6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5fb5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.112 237.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbf0',
    500: '#5fb5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5fb5e9;
$custom-light: #97cbf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5fb5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.609,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74019,
    "c": 0.11227,
    "h": 237.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5FB5E9
secondary
#EACCBA
accent
#5A0DD8
background
#F9FCFE
surface
#F2F8FD
border
#CCD1D5
text
#0F1316
muted
#7E8284

Preview Lab

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#5FB5E9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva