#5FC5E9#5FC5E9

#5FC5E9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.107 H 224.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5E9
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 233)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 15.5%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.98, -19.38, -26.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.98, 33.07, 234.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0773 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.107 224)
XYZ	xyz(39.3878, 48.2447, 84.3114)
Luminance	0.4825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5E9 #E9835F

analogous

#5FE9C8 #5FC5E9 #5F80E9

triadic

#5FC5E9 #E95FC5 #C5E95F

tetradic

#5FC5E9 #C85FE9 #E9835F #80E95F

square

#5FC5E9 #C85FE9 #E9835F #80E95F

split-complementary

#5FC5E9 #E95F80 #E9C85F

monochromatic

#198CB5 #29B1E2 #5FC5E9 #95D9F0 #CBECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5FC5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#5FC5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5E9

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5E9	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.107 224.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f0',
    500: '#5fc5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5e9;
$custom-light: #98d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 75.824,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77643,
    "c": 0.1074,
    "h": 224
  },
  "luminance": 0.48249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5E9

secondary

#EAC6BA

accent

#420DD8

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5E9

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

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