#5BD3E5#5BD3E5

#5BD3E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.109 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD3E5
RGB	rgb(91, 211, 229)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 7.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.73, -28.26, -18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.73, 34.02, 213.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.57% -0.0958 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(80.57% 0.109 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7456, 54.4655, 82.4264)
Luminance	0.5447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD3E5 #E56D5B

analogous

#5BE5B2 #5BD3E5 #5B8EE5

triadic

#5BD3E5 #E55BD3 #D3E55B

tetradic

#5BD3E5 #B25BE5 #E56D5B #8EE55B

square

#5BD3E5 #B25BE5 #E56D5B #8EE55B

split-complementary

#5BD3E5 #E55B8E #E5B25B

monochromatic

#1B98AB #26C5DD #5BD3E5 #90E1ED #C5EFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5BD3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#5BD3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD3E5

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD3E5	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CCE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBCE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 211, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.109 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0ed',
    500: '#5bd3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd3e5;
$custom-light: #97e0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80572,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD3E5

secondary

#AC4738

accent

#2A11D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD3E5

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

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