#5BD4E3#5BD4E3

#5BD4E3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.109 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E3
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 227)
HSL	hsl(187, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 6.6%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -29.31, -17.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 34.16, 210.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0976 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.109 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7172, 54.8529, 81.0473)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E3 #E36A5B

analogous

#5BE3AE #5BD4E3 #5B90E3

triadic

#5BD4E3 #E35BD4 #D4E35B

tetradic

#5BD4E3 #AE5BE3 #E36A5B #90E35B

square

#5BD4E3 #AE5BE3 #E36A5B #90E35B

split-complementary

#5BD4E3 #E35B90 #E3AE5B

monochromatic

#1D98A7 #27C6DA #5BD4E3 #8FE2EC #C4EFF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#5BD4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E3

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E3	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.109 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1eb',
    500: '#5bd4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e3;
$custom-light: #97e1eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.618,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80731,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E3

secondary

#A94539

accent

#2813D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E3

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

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