#5FB9DB#5FB9DB

#5FB9DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.099 H 225.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9DB
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 15.5%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.04, -17.29, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.04, 30.59, 235.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.33% -0.0696 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(74.33% 0.099 225.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8495, 42.2420, 73.3211)
Luminance	0.4224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9DB #DB815F

analogous

#5FDBBF #5FB9DB #5F7BDB

triadic

#5FB9DB #DB5FB9 #B9DB5F

tetradic

#5FB9DB #BF5FDB #DB815F #7BDB5F

square

#5FB9DB #BF5FDB #DB815F #7BDB5F

split-complementary

#5FB9DB #DB5F7B #DBBF5F

monochromatic

#237B9C #2EA3CE #5FB9DB #91CFE6 #C3E5F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5FB9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#5FB9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9DB

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9DB	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.099 225.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee6',
    500: '#5fb9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9db;
$custom-light: #96cee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.452,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74329,
    "c": 0.09885,
    "h": 225.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9DB

secondary

#E2C0B4

accent

#4B1ACB

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9DB

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

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