#5FC9EA#5FC9EA

#5FC9EA is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9EA
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 234)
HSL	hsl(194, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(194, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 14.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -21.13, -25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 33.14, 230.39°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.0811 -0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.108 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.4513, 50.1427, 85.3727)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9EA #EA805F

analogous

#5FEAC6 #5FC9EA #5F83EA

triadic

#5FC9EA #EA5FC9 #C9EA5F

tetradic

#5FC9EA #C65FEA #EA805F #83EA5F

square

#5FC9EA #C65FEA #EA805F #83EA5F

split-complementary

#5FC9EA #EA5F83 #EAC65F

monochromatic

#1891B7 #29B7E3 #5FC9EA #95DBF1 #CBEEF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5FC9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#5FC9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9EA

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9EA	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f0',
    500: '#5fc9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9ea;
$custom-light: #98d9f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 76.796,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78596,
    "c": 0.10779,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9EA

secondary

#B65537

accent

#3D0CD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9EA

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

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