#5BD2E0#5BD2E0

#5BD2E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.108 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD2E0
RGB	rgb(91, 210, 224)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.28, -29.19, -16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.28, 33.75, 210.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0968 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.108 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.8099, 53.6950, 78.7200)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD2E0 #E0695B

analogous

#5BE0AC #5BD2E0 #5B90E0

triadic

#5BD2E0 #E05BD2 #D2E05B

tetradic

#5BD2E0 #AC5BE0 #E0695B #90E05B

square

#5BD2E0 #AC5BE0 #E0695B #90E05B

split-complementary

#5BD2E0 #E05B90 #E0AC5B

monochromatic

#1F94A2 #28C3D5 #5BD2E0 #8EE0EA #C2EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#5BD2E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#5BD2E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD2E0

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD2E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD2E0	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBBE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd2e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 210, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.108 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e0e9',
    500: '#5bd2e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd2e0;
$custom-light: #96e0e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd2e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80158,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD2E0

secondary

#A5463A

accent

#2915D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD2E0

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

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