#5FBDE5#5FBDE5

#5FBDE5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.106 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FBDE5
RGB	rgb(95, 189, 229)
HSL	hsl(198, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(198, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 17.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -16.42, -28.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 32.77, 239.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0703 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.106 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.0543, 44.4817, 80.7466)
Luminance	0.4449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FBDE5 #E5875F

analogous

#5FE5CA #5FBDE5 #5F7AE5

triadic

#5FBDE5 #E55FBD #BDE55F

tetradic

#5FBDE5 #CA5FE5 #E5875F #7AE55F

square

#5FBDE5 #CA5FE5 #E5875F #7AE55F

split-complementary

#5FBDE5 #E55F7A #E5CA5F

monochromatic

#1C82AD #2AA7DC #5FBDE5 #94D3EE #C8E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#5FBDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#5FBDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FBDE5

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FBDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FBDE5	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8BAE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95ACE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fbde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 189, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.106 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97d1ed',
    500: '#5fbde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fbde5;
$custom-light: #97d1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fbde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FBDE5

secondary

#E8C6B8

accent

#4C11D4

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FBDE5

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

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