#5FB9EE#5FB9EE

#5FB9EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.115 H 236.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FB9EE
RGB	rgb(95, 185, 238)
HSL	hsl(202, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(202, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 22.3%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -11.56, -34.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 36.35, 251.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0629 -0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.115 236.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.4950, 43.3002, 87.2541)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FB9EE #EE945F

analogous

#5FEEDC #5FB9EE #5F71EE

triadic

#5FB9EE #EE5FB9 #B9EE5F

tetradic

#5FB9EE #DC5FEE #EE945F #71EE5F

square

#5FB9EE #DC5FEE #EE945F #71EE5F

split-complementary

#5FB9EE #EE5F71 #EEDC5F

monochromatic

#147FBE #28A1E8 #5FB9EE #96D1F4 #CEE9FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#5FB9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#5FB9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FB9EE

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FB9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FB9EE	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8DA9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fb9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 185, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.115 236.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98cef3',
    500: '#5fb9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fb9ee;
$custom-light: #98cef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fb9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.238,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.11522,
    "h": 236.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FB9EE

secondary

#ECCEBC

accent

#5708DD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FB9EE

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

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