#5FC5EE#5FC5EE

#5FC5EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.111 H 227.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5EE
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 238)
HSL	hsl(197, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(197, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 17.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -17.89, -29.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 34.25, 238.52°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0754 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.111 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1122, 48.5345, 88.1265)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5EE #EE885F

analogous

#5FEED0 #5FC5EE #5F7DEE

triadic

#5FC5EE #EE5FC5 #C5EE5F

tetradic

#5FC5EE #D05FEE #EE885F #7DEE5F

square

#5FC5EE #D05FEE #EE885F #7DEE5F

split-complementary

#5FC5EE #EE5F7D #EED05F

monochromatic

#148EBE #28B1E8 #5FC5EE #96D9F4 #CEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5FC5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5FC5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5EE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5EE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.111 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d6f3',
    500: '#5fc5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5ee;
$custom-light: #99d6f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.203,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77848,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5EE

secondary

#ECCABC

accent

#4508DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5EE

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

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