#5FB5EC#5FB5EC

#5FB5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.115 H 239.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5EC
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 236)
HSL	hsl(203, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 23.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -10.03, -35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 36.65, 254.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.15% -0.0594 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(74.15% 0.115 239)
XYZ	xyz(36.3778, 41.5333, 85.4403)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5EC #EC965F

analogous

#5FECDC #5FB5EC #5F6FEC

triadic

#5FB5EC #EC5FB5 #B5EC5F

tetradic

#5FB5EC #DC5FEC #EC965F #6FEC5F

square

#5FB5EC #DC5FEC #EC965F #6FEC5F

split-complementary

#5FB5EC #EC5F6F #ECDC5F

monochromatic

#167ABA #289CE6 #5FB5EC #96CEF2 #CCE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5FB5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5FB5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5EC

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5EC	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A6EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.115 239.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbf2',
    500: '#5fb5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5ec;
$custom-light: #98cbf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.404,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74154,
    "c": 0.11528,
    "h": 239
  },
  "luminance": 0.41537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5EC

secondary

#EBCEBB

accent

#5C0ADB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5EC

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

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