#5BD3E9#5BD3E9

#5BD3E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.111 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD3E9
RGB	rgb(91, 211, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.86, -27.12, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.86, 34.23, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0942 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.111 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3106, 54.6915, 85.4017)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD3E9 #E9715B

analogous

#5BE9B8 #5BD3E9 #5B8CE9

triadic

#5BD3E9 #E95BD3 #D3E95B

tetradic

#5BD3E9 #B85BE9 #E9715B #8CE95B

square

#5BD3E9 #B85BE9 #E9715B #8CE95B

split-complementary

#5BD3E9 #E95B8C #E9B85B

monochromatic

#189AB2 #25C5E2 #5BD3E9 #91E1F0 #C7F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#5BD3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#5BD3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD3E9

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD3E9	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1CCEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 211, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.111 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e0f0',
    500: '#5bd3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd3e9;
$custom-light: #97e0f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.296,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD3E9

secondary

#B24936

accent

#2C0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD3E9

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

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