#5BD5E4#5BD5E4

#5BD5E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.110 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5E4
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 228)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -29.52, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 34.36, 210.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.0983 -0.0487)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.11 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.1064, 55.4097, 81.8599)
Luminance	0.5541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5E4 #E46A5B

analogous

#5BE4AE #5BD5E4 #5B91E4

triadic

#5BD5E4 #E45BD5 #D5E45B

tetradic

#5BD5E4 #AE5BE4 #E46A5B #91E45B

square

#5BD5E4 #AE5BE4 #E46A5B #91E45B

split-complementary

#5BD5E4 #E45B91 #E4AE5B

monochromatic

#1C99A9 #26C8DB #5BD5E4 #90E2ED #C4F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#5BD5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5E4

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5E4	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.110 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2ec',
    500: '#5bd5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5e4;
$custom-light: #97e2ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.569,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.10968,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5E4

secondary

#AB4539

accent

#2712D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5E4

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

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