#5FC8EE#5FC8EE

#5FC8EE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.111 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC8EE
RGB	rgb(95, 200, 238)
HSL	hsl(196, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(196, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 16%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -19.44, -27.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 34.00, 235.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0786 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.111 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8001, 49.9104, 88.3558)
Luminance	0.4991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC8EE #EE855F

analogous

#5FEECC #5FC8EE #5F80EE

triadic

#5FC8EE #EE5FC8 #C8EE5F

tetradic

#5FC8EE #CC5FEE #EE855F #80EE5F

square

#5FC8EE #CC5FEE #EE855F #80EE5F

split-complementary

#5FC8EE #EE5F80 #EECC5F

monochromatic

#1491BE #28B5E8 #5FC8EE #96DBF4 #CEEEFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5FC8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#5FC8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC8EE

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC8EE	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3C4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EB5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 200, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.111 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d8f3',
    500: '#5fc8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc8ee;
$custom-light: #99d8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.944,
    "s": 80.791,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7853,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC8EE

secondary

#ECC9BC

accent

#4108DD

background

#FAFDFE

surface

#F3FAFD

border

#CDD3D5

text

#0F1417

muted

#7F8385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC8EE

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

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