#5FC6EC#5FC6EC

#5FC6EC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.109 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC6EC
RGB	rgb(95, 198, 236)
HSL	hsl(196, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 16.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -19.00, -27.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 33.68, 235.65°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% -0.0772 -0.0775)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.109 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0478, 48.8732, 86.6636)
Luminance	0.4888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC6EC #EC855F

analogous

#5FECCB #5FC6EC #5F80EC

triadic

#5FC6EC #EC5FC6 #C6EC5F

tetradic

#5FC6EC #CB5FEC #EC855F #80EC5F

square

#5FC6EC #CB5FEC #EC855F #80EC5F

split-complementary

#5FC6EC #EC5F80 #ECCB5F

monochromatic

#168EBA #28B3E6 #5FC6EC #96D9F2 #CCEDF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5FC6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#5FC6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC6EC

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC6EC	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1C2EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DB3EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 198, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.109 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d7f2',
    500: '#5fc6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc6ec;
$custom-light: #98d7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.17,
    "s": 78.771,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77993,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC6EC

secondary

#EBC8BB

accent

#430ADB

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC6EC

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

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