#5BD5E9#5BD5E9

#5BD5E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.111 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5E9
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -28.10, -20.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 34.50, 215.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.18% -0.0963 -0.0555)
OKLCH	oklch(81.18% 0.111 210)
XYZ	xyz(42.8105, 55.6914, 85.5684)
Luminance	0.5570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5E9 #E96F5B

analogous

#5BE9B6 #5BD5E9 #5B8EE9

triadic

#5BD5E9 #E95BD5 #D5E95B

tetradic

#5BD5E9 #B65BE9 #E96F5B #8EE95B

square

#5BD5E9 #B65BE9 #E96F5B #8EE95B

split-complementary

#5BD5E9 #E95B8E #E9B65B

monochromatic

#189CB2 #25C7E2 #5BD5E9 #91E3F0 #C7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#5BD5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5E9

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5E9	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CEEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.111 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f0',
    500: '#5bd5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5e9;
$custom-light: #97e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81183,
    "c": 0.11113,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.55696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5E9

secondary

#B24836

accent

#2A0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5E9

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

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