#5FC5EF#5FC5EF

#5FC5EF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.112 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC5EF
RGB	rgb(95, 197, 239)
HSL	hsl(198, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(198, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 17.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -17.59, -29.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 34.51, 239.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0751 -0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.112 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2595, 48.5934, 88.9024)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC5EF #EF895F

analogous

#5FEFD1 #5FC5EF #5F7DEF

triadic

#5FC5EF #EF5FC5 #C5EF5F

tetradic

#5FC5EF #D15FEF #EF895F #7DEF5F

square

#5FC5EF #D15FEF #EF895F #7DEF5F

split-complementary

#5FC5EF #EF5F7D #EFD15F

monochromatic

#138EC0 #27B1E9 #5FC5EF #97D9F5 #CEEDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5FC5EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#5FC5EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC5EF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC5EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC5EF	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFC2F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BB3EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc5ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 197, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.112 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d6f4',
    500: '#5fc5ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc5ef;
$custom-light: #99d6f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc5ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.5,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7789,
    "c": 0.11181,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC5EF

secondary

#EDCBBD

accent

#4607DE

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC5EF

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

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