#5FB8D8#5FB8D8

#5FB8D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.097 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8D8
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 216)
HSL	hsl(196, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(196, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 14.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -17.65, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 29.96, 233.90°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0696 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.097 224)
XYZ	xyz(34.2497, 41.6686, 71.1903)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8D8 #D87F5F

analogous

#5FD8BB #5FB8D8 #5F7BD8

triadic

#5FB8D8 #D85FB8 #B8D85F

tetradic

#5FB8D8 #BB5FD8 #D87F5F #7BD85F

square

#5FB8D8 #BB5FD8 #D87F5F #7BD85F

split-complementary

#5FB8D8 #D85F7B #D8BB5F

monochromatic

#257998 #31A1C9 #5FB8D8 #90CEE4 #C1E4F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5FB8D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#5FB8D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8D8

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8D8	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)

#A6B4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A7D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.097 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde4',
    500: '#5fb8d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8d8;
$custom-light: #96cde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 60.804,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73977,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.41672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8D8

secondary

#E0BFB3

accent

#4A1DC8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8D8

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

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