#5FB9E4#5FB9E4

#5FB9E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.106 H 231.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9E4
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 228)
HSL	hsl(199, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(199, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 18.9%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -14.61, -29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 33.04, 243.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0664 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.106 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0665, 42.7288, 79.7306)
Luminance	0.4273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9E4 #E48A5F

analogous

#5FE4CC #5FB9E4 #5F76E4

triadic

#5FB9E4 #E45FB9 #B9E45F

tetradic

#5FB9E4 #CC5FE4 #E48A5F #76E45F

square

#5FB9E4 #CC5FE4 #E48A5F #76E45F

split-complementary

#5FB9E4 #E45F76 #E4CC5F

monochromatic

#1D7EAC #2BA2DB #5FB9E4 #93D0ED #C8E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5FB9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#5FB9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9E4

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9E4	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B7E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91A9E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.106 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ceec',
    500: '#5fb9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9e4;
$custom-light: #97ceec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.398,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74704,
    "c": 0.10601,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9E4

secondary

#E7C7B8

accent

#5112D3

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9E4

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

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