#5FB8E8#5FB8E8

#5FB8E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.110 H 234.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB8E8
RGB	rgb(95, 184, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 20.7%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -12.87, -32.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 34.50, 248.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0639 -0.0895)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.11 234.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4197, 42.5366, 82.6194)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB8E8 #E88F5F

analogous

#5FE8D4 #5FB8E8 #5F74E8

triadic

#5FB8E8 #E85FB8 #B8E85F

tetradic

#5FB8E8 #D45FE8 #E88F5F #74E85F

square

#5FB8E8 #D45FE8 #E88F5F #74E85F

split-complementary

#5FB8E8 #E85F74 #E8D45F

monochromatic

#1A7DB3 #29A0E0 #5FB8E8 #95D0F0 #CAE7F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#5FB8E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#5FB8E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB8E8

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB8E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB8E8	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1B6EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA8E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb8e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 184, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.110 234.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97cdef',
    500: '#5fb8e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb8e8;
$custom-light: #97cdef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb8e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.022,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74651,
    "c": 0.10995,
    "h": 234.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB8E8

secondary

#E9CABA

accent

#550ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB8E8

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

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