#5FC5EB#5FC5EB

#5FC5EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.109 H 225.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5EB
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 235)
HSL	hsl(196, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 16.2%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -18.78, -27.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 33.52, 235.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0765 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.109 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6751, 48.3596, 85.8246)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5EB #EB855F

analogous

#5FEBCB #5FC5EB #5F7FEB

triadic

#5FC5EB #EB5FC5 #C5EB5F

tetradic

#5FC5EB #CB5FEB #EB855F #7FEB5F

square

#5FC5EB #CB5FEB #EB855F #7FEB5F

split-complementary

#5FC5EB #EB5F7F #EBCB5F

monochromatic

#178DB9 #29B1E4 #5FC5EB #95D9F2 #CCECF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5FC5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5FC5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5EB

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5EB	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.109 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f1',
    500: '#5fc5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5eb;
$custom-light: #98d6f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.286,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77725,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5EB

secondary

#EBC8BB

accent

#440BDA

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1416

muted

#7F8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5EB

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

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