#5FB5EB#5FB5EB

#5FB5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.114 H 238.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5EB
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 235)
HSL	hsl(203, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 23%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -10.34, -34.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 36.27, 253.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.11% -0.0597 -0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(74.11% 0.114 238.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2329, 41.4754, 84.6772)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5EB #EB955F

analogous

#5FEBDB #5FB5EB #5F6FEB

triadic

#5FB5EB #EB5FB5 #B5EB5F

tetradic

#5FB5EB #DB5FEB #EB955F #6FEB5F

square

#5FB5EB #DB5FEB #EB955F #6FEB5F

split-complementary

#5FB5EB #EB5F6F #EBDB5F

monochromatic

#177AB9 #299CE4 #5FB5EB #95CEF2 #CCE7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5FB5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5FB5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5EB

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5EB	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB4EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.114 238.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbf1',
    500: '#5fb5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5eb;
$custom-light: #98cbf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74109,
    "c": 0.11427,
    "h": 238.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5EB

secondary

#EBCDBB

accent

#5B0BDA

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5EB

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

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