#5BD4E9#5BD4E9

#5BD4E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.111 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4E9
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 233)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.15, -27.61, -20.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.15, 34.36, 216.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.0952 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.111 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5598, 55.1899, 85.4848)
Luminance	0.5519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4E9 #E9705B

analogous

#5BE9B7 #5BD4E9 #5B8DE9

triadic

#5BD4E9 #E95BD4 #D4E95B

tetradic

#5BD4E9 #B75BE9 #E9705B #8DE95B

square

#5BD4E9 #B75BE9 #E9705B #8DE95B

split-complementary

#5BD4E9 #E95B8D #E9B75B

monochromatic

#189BB2 #25C6E2 #5BD4E9 #91E2F0 #C7F0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#5BD4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4E9

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4E9	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.111 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1f0',
    500: '#5bd4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4e9;
$custom-light: #97e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.873,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80952,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4E9

secondary

#B24836

accent

#2B0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4E9

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

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