#5FB5EE#5FB5EE

#5FB5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.117 H 240.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5EE
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 238)
HSL	hsl(204, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 23.9%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -9.41, -36.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 37.41, 255.44°)
OKLab	oklab(74.25% -0.0587 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(74.25% 0.117 240)
XYZ	xyz(36.6700, 41.6502, 86.9791)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5EE #EE985F

analogous

#5FEEDF #5FB5EE #5F6DEE

triadic

#5FB5EE #EE5FB5 #B5EE5F

tetradic

#5FB5EE #DF5FEE #EE985F #6DEE5F

square

#5FB5EE #DF5FEE #EE985F #6DEE5F

split-complementary

#5FB5EE #EE5F6D #EEDF5F

monochromatic

#147BBE #289BE8 #5FB5EE #96CFF4 #CEE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5FB5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5FB5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5EE

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5EE	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88A6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.117 240.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbf3',
    500: '#5fb5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5ee;
$custom-light: #98cbf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74245,
    "c": 0.11734,
    "h": 240
  },
  "luminance": 0.41654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5EE

secondary

#ECD0BC

accent

#5D08DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5EE

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

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