#5BD5E6#5BD5E6

#5BD5E6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.110 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5E6
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 230)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -28.95, -18.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 34.39, 212.66°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0975 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.11 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3856, 55.5214, 83.3305)
Luminance	0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5E6 #E66C5B

analogous

#5BE6B1 #5BD5E6 #5B8FE6

triadic

#5BD5E6 #E65BD5 #D5E65B

tetradic

#5BD5E6 #B15BE6 #E66C5B #8FE65B

square

#5BD5E6 #B15BE6 #E66C5B #8FE65B

split-complementary

#5BD5E6 #E65B8F #E6B15B

monochromatic

#1A9AAC #26C7DE #5BD5E6 #90E3EE #C5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD5E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#5BD5E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5E6

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5E6	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CDE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.110 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2ee',
    500: '#5bd5e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5e6;
$custom-light: #97e2ee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.11021,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5E6

secondary

#AE4638

accent

#2810D6

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5E6

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