#5FB9CD#5FB9CD

#5FB9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.090 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9CD
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(191, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, -21.34, -18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 28.13, 220.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.075 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.091 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0834, 41.5356, 64.0195)
Luminance	0.4154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9CD #CD735F

analogous

#5FCDAA #5FB9CD #5F82CD

triadic

#5FB9CD #CD5FB9 #B9CD5F

tetradic

#5FB9CD #AA5FCD #CD735F #82CD5F

square

#5FB9CD #AA5FCD #CD735F #82CD5F

split-complementary

#5FB9CD #CD5F82 #CDAA5F

monochromatic

#2A7687 #399FB6 #5FB9CD #8ECDDC #BCE2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5FB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#5FB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9CD

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9CD	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.090 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cedc',
    500: '#5fb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9cd;
$custom-light: #95cedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73777,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9CD

secondary

#DAB6AE

accent

#664CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9CD

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

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