#5BD4E5#5BD4E5

#5BD4E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.110 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E5
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 7.4%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -28.75, -18.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 34.19, 212.78°)
OKLab	oklab(80.8% -0.0968 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(80.8% 0.11 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9948, 54.9639, 82.5095)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E5 #E56C5B

analogous

#5BE5B1 #5BD4E5 #5B8FE5

triadic

#5BD4E5 #E55BD4 #D4E55B

tetradic

#5BD4E5 #B15BE5 #E56C5B #8FE55B

square

#5BD4E5 #B15BE5 #E56C5B #8FE55B

split-complementary

#5BD4E5 #E55B8F #E5B15B

monochromatic

#1B99AB #26C6DD #5BD4E5 #90E2ED #C5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD4E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#5BD4E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E5

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E5	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBDE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.110 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ed',
    500: '#5bd4e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e5;
$custom-light: #97e1ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.391,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80804,
    "c": 0.10958,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E5

secondary

#AC4638

accent

#2911D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E5

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

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