#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
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 233)
HSL	hsl(203, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(203, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 22.3%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -10.95, -33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 35.54, 252.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0604 -0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.112 237.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9456, 41.3604, 83.1640)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##5FB5E9	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #5FB5E9

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

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