#5FC9EB#5FC9EB

#5FC9EB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.108 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9EB
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 235)
HSL	hsl(195, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 14.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.19, -20.84, -26.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.19, 33.33, 231.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% -0.0807 -0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.108 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.5954, 50.2003, 86.1314)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9EB #EB815F

analogous

#5FEBC7 #5FC9EB #5F83EB

triadic

#5FC9EB #EB5FC9 #C9EB5F

tetradic

#5FC9EB #C75FEB #EB815F #83EB5F

square

#5FC9EB #C75FEB #EB815F #83EB5F

split-complementary

#5FC9EB #EB5F83 #EBC75F

monochromatic

#1791B9 #29B7E4 #5FC9EB #95DBF2 #CCEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5FC9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#5FC9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9EB

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9EB	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5C4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B5EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.108 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98d9f1',
    500: '#5fc9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9eb;
$custom-light: #98d9f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.571,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78636,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9EB

secondary

#B85636

accent

#3E0BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1416

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9EB

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

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