#5FBAE5#5FBAE5

#5FBAE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.107 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FBAE5
RGB	rgb(95, 186, 229)
HSL	hsl(199, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(199, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 18.8%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -14.84, -29.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 33.18, 243.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0671 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.107 231)
XYZ	xyz(36.4157, 43.2044, 80.5337)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FBAE5 #E58A5F

analogous

#5FE5CD #5FBAE5 #5F77E5

triadic

#5FBAE5 #E55FBA #BAE55F

tetradic

#5FBAE5 #CD5FE5 #E58A5F #77E55F

square

#5FBAE5 #CD5FE5 #E58A5F #77E55F

split-complementary

#5FBAE5 #E55F77 #E5CD5F

monochromatic

#1C7FAD #2AA3DC #5FBAE5 #94D1EE #C8E7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5FBAE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#5FBAE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FBAE5

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FBAE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FBAE5	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5B8E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92AAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fbae5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 186, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.107 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97ceed',
    500: '#5fbae5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fbae5;
$custom-light: #97ceed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fbae5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74974,
    "c": 0.10656,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.43208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FBAE5

secondary

#E8C7B8

accent

#5011D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FBAE5

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

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