#5FB8DD#5FB8DD

#5FB8DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8DD
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 221)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 16.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -16.18, -26.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 31.18, 238.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.0678 -0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.101 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9059, 41.9311, 74.6466)
Luminance	0.4193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8DD #DD845F

analogous

#5FDDC3 #5FB8DD #5F79DD

triadic

#5FB8DD #DD5FB8 #B8DD5F

tetradic

#5FB8DD #C35FDD #DD845F #79DD5F

square

#5FB8DD #C35FDD #DD845F #79DD5F

split-complementary

#5FB8DD #DD5F79 #DDC35F

monochromatic

#227BA0 #2DA2D2 #5FB8DD #91CEE8 #C4E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5FB8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5FB8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8DD

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8DD	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde7',
    500: '#5fb8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8dd;
$custom-light: #96cde7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.10051,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8DD

secondary

#E3C2B5

accent

#4E19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8DD

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

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