#5BD4E8#5BD4E8

#5BD4E8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.111 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E8
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 232)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -27.90, -19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 34.30, 215.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.0956 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.111 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4173, 55.1329, 84.7346)
Luminance	0.5514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E8 #E86F5B

analogous

#5BE8B6 #5BD4E8 #5B8DE8

triadic

#5BD4E8 #E85BD4 #D4E85B

tetradic

#5BD4E8 #B65BE8 #E86F5B #8DE85B

square

#5BD4E8 #B65BE8 #E86F5B #8DE85B

split-complementary

#5BD4E8 #E85B8D #E8B65B

monochromatic

#199AB0 #25C6E0 #5BD4E8 #91E2F0 #C6F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD4E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#5BD4E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E8

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E8	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBDE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.111 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1ef',
    500: '#5bd4e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e8;
$custom-light: #97e1ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.511,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80915,
    "c": 0.11051,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E8

secondary

#B14837

accent

#2B0ED8

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E8

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

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