#5BD5E2#5BD5E2

#5BD5E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.109 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5E2
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 226)
HSL	hsl(186, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.21, -30.08, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.21, 34.36, 208.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.0991 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.109 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8303, 55.2993, 80.4061)
Luminance	0.5530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5E2 #E2685B

analogous

#5BE2AC #5BD5E2 #5B91E2

triadic

#5BD5E2 #E25BD5 #D5E25B

tetradic

#5BD5E2 #AC5BE2 #E2685B #91E25B

square

#5BD5E2 #AC5BE2 #E2685B #91E25B

split-complementary

#5BD5E2 #E25B91 #E2AC5B

monochromatic

#1D98A5 #27C8D9 #5BD5E2 #8FE2EB #C3F0F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#5BD5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5E2

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5E2	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.109 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2eb',
    500: '#5bd5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5e2;
$custom-light: #97e2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80928,
    "c": 0.10923,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5E2

secondary

#A84439

accent

#2614D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5E2

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