#5FB8E7#5FB8E7

#5FB8E7 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.109 H 233.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8E7
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 231)
HSL	hsl(201, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 20.3%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -13.17, -31.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 34.16, 247.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.61% -0.0642 -0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(74.61% 0.109 233.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2781, 42.4799, 81.8734)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8E7 #E78E5F

analogous

#5FE7D2 #5FB8E7 #5F74E7

triadic

#5FB8E7 #E75FB8 #B8E75F

tetradic

#5FB8E7 #D25FE7 #E78E5F #74E75F

square

#5FB8E7 #D25FE7 #E78E5F #74E75F

split-complementary

#5FB8E7 #E75F74 #E7D25F

monochromatic

#1B7DB1 #2AA0DF #5FB8E7 #94D0EF #C9E7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5FB8E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#5FB8E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8E7

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8E7	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.109 233.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cdee',
    500: '#5fb8e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8e7;
$custom-light: #97cdee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.735,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74607,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 233.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8E7

secondary

#E9CAB9

accent

#540FD6

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8E7

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

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