#5FB9DC#5FB9DC

#5FB9DC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9DC
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 220)
HSL	hsl(197, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.8%, 15.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -17.00, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 30.84, 236.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0692 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.1 226)
XYZ	xyz(34.9816, 42.2949, 74.0165)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9DC #DC825F

analogous

#5FDCC1 #5FB9DC #5F7BDC

triadic

#5FB9DC #DC5FB9 #B9DC5F

tetradic

#5FB9DC #C15FDC #DC825F #7BDC5F

square

#5FB9DC #C15FDC #DC825F #7BDC5F

split-complementary

#5FB9DC #DC5F7B #DCC15F

monochromatic

#237B9E #2EA3D0 #5FB9DC #91CFE7 #C3E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5FB9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#5FB9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9DC

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9DC	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee7',
    500: '#5fb9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9dc;
$custom-light: #96cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.8,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7437,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.42298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9DC

secondary

#E3C1B4

accent

#4C1ACC

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9DC

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

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