#5BD4E4#5BD4E4

#5BD4E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.109 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E4
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 7%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -29.03, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 34.17, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0972 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.109 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8556, 54.9082, 81.7763)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E4 #E46B5B

analogous

#5BE4AF #5BD4E4 #5B90E4

triadic

#5BD4E4 #E45BD4 #D4E45B

tetradic

#5BD4E4 #AF5BE4 #E46B5B #90E45B

square

#5BD4E4 #AF5BE4 #E46B5B #90E45B

split-complementary

#5BD4E4 #E45B90 #E4AF5B

monochromatic

#1C98A9 #26C6DB #5BD4E4 #90E2ED #C4F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD4E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#5BD4E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E4

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E4	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CCE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.109 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ec',
    500: '#5bd4e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e4;
$custom-light: #97e1ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.007,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80768,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E4

secondary

#AB4639

accent

#2812D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E4

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

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