#5FB9EA#5FB9EA

#5FB9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.111 H 234.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9EA
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 234)
HSL	hsl(201, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(201, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 20.9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -12.79, -32.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 34.96, 248.54°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0643 -0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.111 234.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9139, 43.0678, 84.1935)
Luminance	0.4307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9EA #EA905F

analogous

#5FEAD6 #5FB9EA #5F74EA

triadic

#5FB9EA #EA5FB9 #B9EA5F

tetradic

#5FB9EA #D65FEA #EA905F #74EA5F

square

#5FB9EA #D65FEA #EA905F #74EA5F

split-complementary

#5FB9EA #EA5F74 #EAD65F

monochromatic

#187FB7 #29A1E3 #5FB9EA #95D1F1 #CBE8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5FB9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#5FB9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9EA

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9EA	1.00	2.18	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2B7EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA9E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.111 234.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cef1',
    500: '#5fb9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9ea;
$custom-light: #98cef1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.151,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74964,
    "c": 0.1114,
    "h": 234.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9EA

secondary

#EACBBA

accent

#550CD9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9EA

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

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