#5FC9ED#5FC9ED

#5FC9ED is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.110 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5FC9ED
RGB	rgb(95, 201, 237)
HSL	hsl(195, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(195, 60%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 15.2%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -20.25, -26.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 33.73, 233.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.08 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.11 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8860, 50.3165, 87.6617)
Luminance	0.5032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5FC9ED #ED835F

analogous

#5FEDCA #5FC9ED #5F82ED

triadic

#5FC9ED #ED5FC9 #C9ED5F

tetradic

#5FC9ED #CA5FED #ED835F #82ED5F

square

#5FC9ED #CA5FED #ED835F #82ED5F

split-complementary

#5FC9ED #ED5F82 #EDCA5F

monochromatic

#1592BC #28B6E7 #5FC9ED #96DCF3 #CDEEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5FC9ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#5FC9ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5FC9ED

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5FC9ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5FC9ED	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4C5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B6ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5fc9ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(95, 201, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.110 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99d9f3',
    500: '#5fc9ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5fc9ed;
$custom-light: #99d9f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5fc9ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 95,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.211,
    "s": 79.775,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78717,
    "c": 0.10973,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5FC9ED

secondary

#BB5735

accent

#3F09DC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FBFE

border

#CFD4D6

text

#0F1417

muted

#808385

Preview Lab

Preview with #5FC9ED

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

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