#5FB8DC#5FB8DC

#5FB8DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.100 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8DC
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 16.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.79, -16.47, -26.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.79, 30.92, 237.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0681 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.1 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7731, 41.8779, 73.9470)
Luminance	0.4188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8DC #DC835F

analogous

#5FDCC2 #5FB8DC #5F7ADC

triadic

#5FB8DC #DC5FB8 #B8DC5F

tetradic

#5FB8DC #C25FDC #DC835F #7ADC5F

square

#5FB8DC #C25FDC #DC835F #7ADC5F

split-complementary

#5FB8DC #DC5F7A #DCC25F

monochromatic

#237A9E #2EA1D0 #5FB8DC #91CEE7 #C3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5FB8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#5FB8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8DC

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8DC	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.100 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde7',
    500: '#5fb8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8dc;
$custom-light: #96cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.28,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74141,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8DC

secondary

#E3C2B4

accent

#4D1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8DC

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

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