#5BD2E5#5BD2E5

#5BD2E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.109 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD2E5
RGB	rgb(91, 210, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 8.3%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.44, -27.77, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.44, 33.87, 214.91°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% -0.0948 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.109 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.4980, 53.9702, 82.3439)
Luminance	0.5397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD2E5 #E56E5B

analogous

#5BE5B3 #5BD2E5 #5B8DE5

triadic

#5BD2E5 #E55BD2 #D2E55B

tetradic

#5BD2E5 #B35BE5 #E56E5B #8DE55B

square

#5BD2E5 #B35BE5 #E56E5B #8DE55B

split-complementary

#5BD2E5 #E55B8D #E5B35B

monochromatic

#1B97AB #26C4DD #5BD2E5 #90E0ED #C5EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#5BD2E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#5BD2E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD2E5

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD2E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD2E5	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CBE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBBE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd2e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 210, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.109 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0ed',
    500: '#5bd2e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd2e5;
$custom-light: #97e0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd2e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8034,
    "c": 0.10894,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD2E5

secondary

#AC4838

accent

#2C11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD2E5

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

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