#5FC5EC#5FC5EC

#5FC5EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.110 H 225.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5EC
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 236)
HSL	hsl(197, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.09, -18.49, -28.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.09, 33.76, 236.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.0762 -0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.11 225.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8200, 48.4176, 86.5876)
Luminance	0.4842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5EC #EC865F

analogous

#5FECCD #5FC5EC #5F7EEC

triadic

#5FC5EC #EC5FC5 #C5EC5F

tetradic

#5FC5EC #CD5FEC #EC865F #7EEC5F

square

#5FC5EC #CD5FEC #EC865F #7EEC5F

split-complementary

#5FC5EC #EC5F7E #ECCD5F

monochromatic

#168DBA #28B1E6 #5FC5EC #96D9F2 #CCEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5FC5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5FC5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5EC

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5EC	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0C1EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CB2EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.110 225.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d6f2',
    500: '#5fc5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5ec;
$custom-light: #98d6f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.596,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77766,
    "c": 0.10954,
    "h": 225.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5EC

secondary

#EBC9BB

accent

#440ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5EC

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

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