#5BD4EA#5BD4EA

#5BD4EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.111 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4EA
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -27.32, -20.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 34.42, 217.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.0949 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.111 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.7030, 55.2472, 86.2392)
Luminance	0.5525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4EA #EA715B

analogous

#5BEAB8 #5BD4EA #5B8CEA

triadic

#5BD4EA #EA5BD4 #D4EA5B

tetradic

#5BD4EA #B85BEA #EA715B #8CEA5B

square

#5BD4EA #B85BEA #EA715B #8CEA5B

split-complementary

#5BD4EA #EA5B8C #EAB85B

monochromatic

#179CB4 #25C6E3 #5BD4EA #91E2F1 #C8F0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD4EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#5BD4EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4EA

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4EA	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBDEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.111 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1f0',
    500: '#5bd4ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4ea;
$custom-light: #97e1f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80989,
    "c": 0.11123,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4EA

secondary

#B44936

accent

#2C0CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4EA

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

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