#5BD4E2#5BD4E2

#5BD4E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.109 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E2
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 6.2%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.92, -29.59, -17.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.92, 34.15, 209.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.098 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.109 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.5796, 54.7978, 80.3225)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E2 #E2695B

analogous

#5BE2AC #5BD4E2 #5B91E2

triadic

#5BD4E2 #E25BD4 #D4E25B

tetradic

#5BD4E2 #AC5BE2 #E2695B #91E25B

square

#5BD4E2 #AC5BE2 #E2695B #91E25B

split-complementary

#5BD4E2 #E25B91 #E2AC5B

monochromatic

#1D97A5 #27C6D9 #5BD4E2 #8FE2EB #C3EFF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#5BD4E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#5BD4E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E2

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E2	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BDE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.109 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1eb',
    500: '#5bd4e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e2;
$custom-light: #97e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.222,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80695,
    "c": 0.10881,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E2

secondary

#A84539

accent

#2714D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E2

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