#5BD4E6#5BD4E6

#5BD4E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.110 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E6
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 230)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -28.46, -19.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 34.22, 213.72°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0964 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.11 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.1349, 55.0199, 83.2469)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E6 #E66D5B

analogous

#5BE6B3 #5BD4E6 #5B8EE6

triadic

#5BD4E6 #E65BD4 #D4E65B

tetradic

#5BD4E6 #B35BE6 #E66D5B #8EE65B

square

#5BD4E6 #B35BE6 #E66D5B #8EE65B

split-complementary

#5BD4E6 #E65B8E #E6B35B

monochromatic

#1A99AC #26C6DE #5BD4E6 #90E2EE #C5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD4E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#5BD4E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E6

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E6	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.110 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ee',
    500: '#5bd4e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e6;
$custom-light: #97e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.77,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80841,
    "c": 0.10987,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E6

secondary

#AE4738

accent

#2910D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E6

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