#5FB9DD#5FB9DD

#5FB9DD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.100 H 226.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9DD
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 221)
HSL	hsl(197, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 16.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, -16.70, -26.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 31.09, 237.50°)
OKLab	oklab(74.41% -0.0689 -0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(74.41% 0.1 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1144, 42.3480, 74.7161)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9DD #DD835F

analogous

#5FDDC2 #5FB9DD #5F7ADD

triadic

#5FB9DD #DD5FB9 #B9DD5F

tetradic

#5FB9DD #C25FDD #DD835F #7ADD5F

square

#5FB9DD #C25FDD #DD835F #7ADD5F

split-complementary

#5FB9DD #DD5F7A #DDC25F

monochromatic

#227CA0 #2DA3D2 #5FB9DD #91CFE8 #C4E5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#5FB9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#5FB9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9DD

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9DD	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6B6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A8DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.100 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cee7',
    500: '#5fb9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9dd;
$custom-light: #96cee7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74411,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9DD

secondary

#E3C2B5

accent

#4C19CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9DD

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

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