#5FB9E8#5FB9E8

#5FB9E8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.110 H 233.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9E8
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 232)
HSL	hsl(201, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 20.3%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -13.40, -31.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 34.29, 247.00°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.0649 -0.0882)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.11 233.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6282, 42.9535, 82.6889)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9E8 #E88E5F

analogous

#5FE8D3 #5FB9E8 #5F75E8

triadic

#5FB9E8 #E85FB9 #B9E85F

tetradic

#5FB9E8 #D35FE8 #E88E5F #75E85F

square

#5FB9E8 #D35FE8 #E88E5F #75E85F

split-complementary

#5FB9E8 #E85F75 #E8D35F

monochromatic

#1A7EB3 #29A2E0 #5FB9E8 #95D0F0 #CAE8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5FB9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#5FB9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9E8

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9E8	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8FA9E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.110 233.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ceef',
    500: '#5fb9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9e8;
$custom-light: #97ceef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.584,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74877,
    "c": 0.10955,
    "h": 233.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9E8

secondary

#E9CABA

accent

#530ED7

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9E8

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

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