#5BD4EC#5BD4EC

#5BD4EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.112 H 212.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4EC
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -26.75, -21.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 34.57, 219.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.0941 -0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.112 212.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9920, 55.3628, 87.7610)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4EC #EC735B

analogous

#5BECBC #5BD4EC #5B8CEC

triadic

#5BD4EC #EC5BD4 #D4EC5B

tetradic

#5BD4EC #BC5BEC #EC735B #8CEC5B

square

#5BD4EC #BC5BEC #EC735B #8CEC5B

split-complementary

#5BD4EC #EC5B8C #ECBC5B

monochromatic

#159DB7 #24C6E6 #5BD4EC #92E2F2 #C9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD4EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#5BD4EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4EC

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4EC	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2CDED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBDEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.112 212.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e1f2',
    500: '#5bd4ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4ec;
$custom-light: #97e1f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.931,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81064,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 212.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4EC

secondary

#B74A34

accent

#2D0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4EC

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

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