#5FC4E5#5FC4E5

#5FC4E5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.105 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC4E5
RGB	rgb(95, 196, 229)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(195, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -20.04, -25.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 32.27, 231.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0777 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.105 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5965, 47.5661, 81.2607)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC4E5 #E5805F

analogous

#5FE5C3 #5FC4E5 #5F81E5

triadic

#5FC4E5 #E55FC4 #C4E55F

tetradic

#5FC4E5 #C35FE5 #E5805F #81E55F

square

#5FC4E5 #C35FE5 #E5805F #81E55F

split-complementary

#5FC4E5 #E55F81 #E5C35F

monochromatic

#1C8AAD #2AB1DC #5FC4E5 #94D7EE #C8EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#5FC4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#5FC4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC4E5

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC4E5	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C0E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB1E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 196, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.105 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6ed',
    500: '#5fc4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc4e5;
$custom-light: #98d6ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.776,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77253,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC4E5

secondary

#E8C4B8

accent

#4111D4

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC4E5

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

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