#5FBBDD#5FBBDD

#5FBBDD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.100 H 224.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FBBDD
RGB	rgb(95, 187, 221)
HSL	hsl(196, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(196, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 15.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -17.75, -25.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 30.93, 234.99°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.071 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.1 224.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5357, 43.1907, 74.8565)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FBBDD #DD815F

analogous

#5FDDC0 #5FBBDD #5F7CDD

triadic

#5FBBDD #DD5FBB #BBDD5F

tetradic

#5FBBDD #C05FDD #DD815F #7CDD5F

square

#5FBBDD #C05FDD #DD815F #7CDD5F

split-complementary

#5FBBDD #DD5F7C #DDC05F

monochromatic

#227EA0 #2DA5D2 #5FBBDD #91D0E8 #C4E6F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5FBBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#5FBBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FBBDD

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FBBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FBBDD	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)

#A8B7DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fbbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 187, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.100 224.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96cfe7',
    500: '#5fbbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fbbdd;
$custom-light: #96cfe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fbbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.19,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74869,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 224.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FBBDD

secondary

#E3C1B5

accent

#4919CD

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FBBDD

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

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