#5FB6E5#5FB6E5

#5FB6E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.108 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB6E5
RGB	rgb(95, 182, 229)
HSL	hsl(201, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 20.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -12.71, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 33.91, 247.98°)
OKLab	oklab(74.07% -0.0628 -0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(74.07% 0.108 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5848, 41.5426, 80.2568)
Luminance	0.4155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB6E5 #E58E5F

analogous

#5FE5D1 #5FB6E5 #5F73E5

triadic

#5FB6E5 #E55FB6 #B6E55F

tetradic

#5FB6E5 #D15FE5 #E58E5F #73E55F

square

#5FB6E5 #D15FE5 #E58E5F #73E55F

split-complementary

#5FB6E5 #E55F73 #E5D15F

monochromatic

#1C7AAD #2A9EDC #5FB6E5 #94CEEE #C8E6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5FB6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5FB6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB6E5

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB6E5	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)

#A0B4E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA6E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 182, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.108 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cbed',
    500: '#5fb6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb6e5;
$custom-light: #97cbed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.045,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74068,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB6E5

secondary

#E8C9B8

accent

#5611D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB6E5

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

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