#5FC4E9#5FC4E9

#5FC4E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC4E9
RGB	rgb(95, 196, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -18.86, -27.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 33.13, 235.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0762 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.108 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.1615, 47.7921, 84.2360)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC4E9 #E9845F

analogous

#5FE9C9 #5FC4E9 #5F7FE9

triadic

#5FC4E9 #E95FC4 #C4E95F

tetradic

#5FC4E9 #C95FE9 #E9845F #7FE95F

square

#5FC4E9 #C95FE9 #E9845F #7FE95F

split-complementary

#5FC4E9 #E95F7F #E9C95F

monochromatic

#198BB5 #29B0E2 #5FC4E9 #95D8F0 #CBECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5FC4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#5FC4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC4E9

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC4E9	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 196, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f0',
    500: '#5fc4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc4e9;
$custom-light: #98d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77415,
    "c": 0.10752,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC4E9

secondary

#EAC7BA

accent

#440DD8

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC4E9

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

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