#5BD4E1#5BD4E1

#5BD4E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.109 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E1
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 225)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.89, -29.88, -16.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.89, 34.16, 209.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0984 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.109 205)
XYZ	xyz(41.4428, 54.7431, 79.6020)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E1 #E1685B

analogous

#5BE1AB #5BD4E1 #5B91E1

triadic

#5BD4E1 #E15BD4 #D4E15B

tetradic

#5BD4E1 #AB5BE1 #E1685B #91E15B

square

#5BD4E1 #AB5BE1 #E1685B #91E15B

split-complementary

#5BD4E1 #E15B91 #E1AB5B

monochromatic

#1E97A4 #27C6D7 #5BD4E1 #8FE2EA #C2EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#5BD4E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#5BD4E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E1

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E1	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.109 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ea',
    500: '#5bd4e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e1;
$custom-light: #97e1ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.821,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80659,
    "c": 0.1086,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.54747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E1

secondary

#A6443A

accent

#2714D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E1

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

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