#5BD5E5#5BD5E5

#5BD5E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.110 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5E5
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 7%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, -29.23, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 34.37, 211.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0979 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.11 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2456, 55.4654, 82.5931)
Luminance	0.5547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5E5 #E56B5B

analogous

#5BE5B0 #5BD5E5 #5B90E5

triadic

#5BD5E5 #E55BD5 #D5E55B

tetradic

#5BD5E5 #B05BE5 #E56B5B #90E55B

square

#5BD5E5 #B05BE5 #E56B5B #90E55B

split-complementary

#5BD5E5 #E55B90 #E5B05B

monochromatic

#1B9AAB #26C7DD #5BD5E5 #90E3ED #C5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD5E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#5BD5E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5E5

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5E5	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.110 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2ed',
    500: '#5bd5e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5e5;
$custom-light: #97e2ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.957,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81036,
    "c": 0.10993,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5E5

secondary

#AC4638

accent

#2811D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5E5

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

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