#5FB6DC#5FB6DC

#5FB6DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.100 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB6DC
RGB	rgb(95, 182, 220)
HSL	hsl(198, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 17.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -15.42, -27.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 31.13, 240.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% -0.066 -0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.1 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3606, 41.0529, 73.8095)
Luminance	0.4106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB6DC #DC855F

analogous

#5FDCC4 #5FB6DC #5F78DC

triadic

#5FB6DC #DC5FB6 #B6DC5F

tetradic

#5FB6DC #C45FDC #DC855F #78DC5F

square

#5FB6DC #C45FDC #DC855F #78DC5F

split-complementary

#5FB6DC #DC5F78 #DCC45F

monochromatic

#23789E #2E9FD0 #5FB6DC #91CDE7 #C3E4F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5FB6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#5FB6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB6DC

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB6DC	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 182, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.100 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cce7',
    500: '#5fb6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb6dc;
$custom-light: #96cce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.24,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73684,
    "c": 0.10013,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB6DC

secondary

#E3C2B4

accent

#501ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FC

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB6DC

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

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