#5FB9E5#5FB9E5

#5FB9E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.107 H 231.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9E5
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 229)
HSL	hsl(200, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(200, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -14.31, -30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 33.34, 244.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.066 -0.0841)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.107 231.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2057, 42.7845, 80.4638)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9E5 #E58B5F

analogous

#5FE5CE #5FB9E5 #5F76E5

triadic

#5FB9E5 #E55FB9 #B9E55F

tetradic

#5FB9E5 #CE5FE5 #E58B5F #76E55F

square

#5FB9E5 #CE5FE5 #E58B5F #76E55F

split-complementary

#5FB9E5 #E55F76 #E5CE5F

monochromatic

#1C7EAD #2AA2DC #5FB9E5 #94D0EE #C8E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5FB9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#5FB9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9E5

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9E5	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3B7E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90A9E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.107 231.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ceed',
    500: '#5fb9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9e5;
$custom-light: #97ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.701,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74747,
    "c": 0.10688,
    "h": 231.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9E5

secondary

#E8C8B8

accent

#5111D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9E5

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

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