#5FB9CE#5FB9CE

#5FB9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9CE
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(191, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(191, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.58, -21.06, -18.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.58, 28.24, 221.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% -0.0746 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.091 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.2045, 41.5840, 64.6572)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9CE #CE745F

analogous

#5FCEAC #5FB9CE #5F82CE

triadic

#5FB9CE #CE5FB9 #B9CE5F

tetradic

#5FB9CE #AC5FCE #CE745F #82CE5F

square

#5FB9CE #AC5FCE #CE745F #82CE5F

split-complementary

#5FB9CE #CE5F82 #CEAC5F

monochromatic

#2A7789 #389FB8 #5FB9CE #8ECDDC #BDE2EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5FB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#5FB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9CE

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9CE	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95cedd',
    500: '#5fb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9ce;
$custom-light: #95cedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.351,
    "s": 53.11,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73815,
    "c": 0.09096,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9CE

secondary

#DAB7AF

accent

#674BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9CE

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

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