#5FB5ED#5FB5ED

#5FB5ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 239.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5ED
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 237)
HSL	hsl(204, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 23.6%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, -9.72, -35.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 37.03, 254.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.059 -0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.116 239.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5235, 41.5916, 86.2075)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5ED #ED975F

analogous

#5FEDDE #5FB5ED #5F6EED

triadic

#5FB5ED #ED5FB5 #B5ED5F

tetradic

#5FB5ED #DE5FED #ED975F #6EED5F

square

#5FB5ED #DE5FED #ED975F #6EED5F

split-complementary

#5FB5ED #ED5F6E #EDDE5F

monochromatic

#157ABC #289CE7 #5FB5ED #96CEF3 #CDE8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5FB5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5FB5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5ED

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5ED	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9CB5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 239.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbf3',
    500: '#5fb5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5ed;
$custom-light: #98cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.662,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.742,
    "c": 0.1163,
    "h": 239.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5ED

secondary

#ECCFBC

accent

#5C09DC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5ED

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

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