#5FC5EA#5FC5EA

#5FC5EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.108 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5EA
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 234)
HSL	hsl(196, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 15.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -19.08, -27.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 33.29, 235.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0769 -0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.108 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.5310, 48.3020, 85.0659)
Luminance	0.4831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5EA #EA845F

analogous

#5FEAC9 #5FC5EA #5F80EA

triadic

#5FC5EA #EA5FC5 #C5EA5F

tetradic

#5FC5EA #C95FEA #EA845F #80EA5F

square

#5FC5EA #C95FEA #EA845F #80EA5F

split-complementary

#5FC5EA #EA5F80 #EAC95F

monochromatic

#188CB7 #29B1E3 #5FC5EA #95D9F1 #CBECF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5FC5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#5FC5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5EA

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5EA	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB2EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.108 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f0',
    500: '#5fc5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5ea;
$custom-light: #98d6f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.971,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77684,
    "c": 0.1081,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5EA

secondary

#EAC7BA

accent

#430CD9

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5EA

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

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