#5FB8DE#5FB8DE

#5FB8DE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.101 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8DE
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 222)
HSL	hsl(198, 66%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(198, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 17.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -15.88, -27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 31.45, 239.67°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0674 -0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.101 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0396, 41.9845, 75.3503)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8DE #DE855F

analogous

#5FDEC5 #5FB8DE #5F79DE

triadic

#5FB8DE #DE5FB8 #B8DE5F

tetradic

#5FB8DE #C55FDE #DE855F #79DE5F

square

#5FB8DE #C55FDE #DE855F #79DE5F

split-complementary

#5FB8DE #DE5F79 #DEC55F

monochromatic

#217BA1 #2CA1D4 #5FB8DE #92CFE8 #C4E5F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5FB8DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5FB8DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8DE

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8DE	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A8DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.101 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cde8',
    500: '#5fb8de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8de;
$custom-light: #96cde8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.953,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74224,
    "c": 0.1013,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8DE

secondary

#E4C3B5

accent

#4E18CE

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8DE

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

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