#5BD4E7#5BD4E7

#5BD4E7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.110 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E7
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 231)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -28.18, -19.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 34.26, 214.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.88% -0.096 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(80.88% 0.11 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2757, 55.0763, 83.9886)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E7 #E76E5B

analogous

#5BE7B4 #5BD4E7 #5B8EE7

triadic

#5BD4E7 #E75BD4 #D4E75B

tetradic

#5BD4E7 #B45BE7 #E76E5B #8EE75B

square

#5BD4E7 #B45BE7 #E76E5B #8EE75B

split-complementary

#5BD4E7 #E75B8E #E7B45B

monochromatic

#199AAE #26C6DF #5BD4E7 #90E2EF #C6F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD4E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#5BD4E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E7

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E7	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.110 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ee',
    500: '#5bd4e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e7;
$custom-light: #97e1ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.143,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80878,
    "c": 0.11018,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E7

secondary

#AF4737

accent

#2A0FD7

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E7

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

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