#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
RGBrgb(91, 213, 230)
HSLhsl(187, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(187, 60%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(60.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.34, -28.95, -18.56)
CIE-LCHlch(79.34, 34.39, 212.66°)
OKLaboklab(81.07% -0.0975 -0.0514)
OKLCHoklch(81.07% 0.11 207.8)
XYZxyz(42.3856, 55.5214, 83.3305)
Luminance0.5553 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##5BD5E61.001.7312.1112.11
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1121.001.001.00
##00000012.1121.001.001.00

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

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#5BD5E6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva