#5BD1E5#5BD1E5

#5BD1E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.109 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD1E5
RGB	rgb(91, 209, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 8.7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -27.28, -19.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 33.72, 215.99°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0937 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.109 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2519, 53.4780, 82.2618)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD1E5 #E56F5B

analogous

#5BE5B4 #5BD1E5 #5B8CE5

triadic

#5BD1E5 #E55BD1 #D1E55B

tetradic

#5BD1E5 #B45BE5 #E56F5B #8CE55B

square

#5BD1E5 #B45BE5 #E56F5B #8CE55B

split-complementary

#5BD1E5 #E55B8C #E5B45B

monochromatic

#1B96AB #26C2DD #5BD1E5 #90E0ED #C5EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#5BD1E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#5BD1E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD1E5

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD1E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD1E5	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0CAE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd1e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 209, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.109 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97dfed',
    500: '#5bd1e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd1e5;
$custom-light: #97dfed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd1e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80109,
    "c": 0.10864,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD1E5

secondary

#AC4938

accent

#2D11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD1E5

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

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