#5FB9CC#5FB9CC

#5FB9CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.090 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9CC
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.52, -21.62, -17.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.52, 28.03, 219.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0753 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.09 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9631, 41.4875, 63.3858)
Luminance	0.4149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9CC #CC725F

analogous

#5FCCA8 #5FB9CC #5F82CC

triadic

#5FB9CC #CC5FB9 #B9CC5F

tetradic

#5FB9CC #A85FCC #CC725F #82CC5F

square

#5FB9CC #A85FCC #CC725F #82CC5F

split-complementary

#5FB9CC #CC5F82 #CCA85F

monochromatic

#2B7686 #399FB4 #5FB9CC #8DCDDB #BCE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5FB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#5FB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9CC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9CC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA7CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.090 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cedb',
    500: '#5fb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9cc;
$custom-light: #95cedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.459,
    "s": 51.659,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.09006,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9CC

secondary

#D9B5AE

accent

#664DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9CC

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

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