#5FB5EF#5FB5EF

#5FB5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.118 H 240.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB5EF
RGB	rgb(95, 181, 239)
HSL	hsl(204, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(204, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 24.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -9.10, -36.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 37.80, 256.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% -0.0584 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.118 240.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8173, 41.7091, 87.7550)
Luminance	0.4171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB5EF #EF995F

analogous

#5FEFE1 #5FB5EF #5F6DEF

triadic

#5FB5EF #EF5FB5 #B5EF5F

tetradic

#5FB5EF #E15FEF #EF995F #6DEF5F

square

#5FB5EF #E15FEF #EF995F #6DEF5F

split-complementary

#5FB5EF #EF5F6D #EFE15F

monochromatic

#137BC0 #279BE9 #5FB5EF #97CFF5 #CEE8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5FB5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#5FB5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB5EF

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB5EF	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BB5F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87A6EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 181, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.118 240.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cbf4',
    500: '#5fb5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb5ef;
$custom-light: #98cbf4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.167,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74291,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 240.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB5EF

secondary

#EDD0BD

accent

#5E07DE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB5EF

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

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