#5FC5E4#5FC5E4

#5FC5E4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.104 H 220.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5E4
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 228)
HSL	hsl(194, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(194, 58%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -20.85, -24.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 32.07, 229.45°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0791 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.104 220.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.6836, 47.9631, 80.6029)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5E4 #E47E5F

analogous

#5FE4C0 #5FC5E4 #5F82E4

triadic

#5FC5E4 #E45FC5 #C5E45F

tetradic

#5FC5E4 #C05FE4 #E47E5F #82E45F

square

#5FC5E4 #C05FE4 #E47E5F #82E45F

split-complementary

#5FC5E4 #E45F82 #E4C05F

monochromatic

#1D8AAC #2BB2DB #5FC5E4 #93D8ED #C8EBF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5FC5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5FC5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5E4

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5E4	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2C0E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FB2E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.104 220.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6ec',
    500: '#5fc5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5e4;
$custom-light: #98d6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.985,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77442,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 220.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5E4

secondary

#E7C3B8

accent

#3F12D3

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5E4

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

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