#5FB8D6#5FB8D6

#5FB8D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.095 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8D6
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 214)
HSL	hsl(195, 59%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(195, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 14%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -18.24, -23.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 29.53, 231.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0704 -0.0645)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.095 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9927, 41.5658, 69.8369)
Luminance	0.4157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8D6 #D67D5F

analogous

#5FD6B8 #5FB8D6 #5F7CD6

triadic

#5FB8D6 #D65FB8 #B8D65F

tetradic

#5FB8D6 #B85FD6 #D67D5F #7CD65F

square

#5FB8D6 #B85FD6 #D67D5F #7CD65F

split-complementary

#5FB8D6 #D65F7C #D6B85F

monochromatic

#267995 #33A0C5 #5FB8D6 #90CEE2 #C0E3EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5FB8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5FB8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8D6

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8D6	1.00	2.25	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.25	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)

#A7B4D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.095 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde2',
    500: '#5fb8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8d6;
$custom-light: #96cde2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.126,
    "s": 59.204,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73897,
    "c": 0.09545,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8D6

secondary

#DFBDB2

accent

#491FC7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8D6

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

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