#5BD5EA#5BD5EA

#5BD5EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.111 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5EA
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 234)
HSL	hsl(189, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 9%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -27.81, -20.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 34.55, 216.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.22% -0.0959 -0.0569)
OKLCH	oklch(81.22% 0.111 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9538, 55.7487, 86.3228)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5EA #EA705B

analogous

#5BEAB7 #5BD5EA #5B8DEA

triadic

#5BD5EA #EA5BD5 #D5EA5B

tetradic

#5BD5EA #B75BEA #EA705B #8DEA5B

square

#5BD5EA #B75BEA #EA705B #8DEA5B

split-complementary

#5BD5EA #EA5B8D #EAB75B

monochromatic

#179DB4 #25C7E3 #5BD5EA #91E3F1 #C8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#5BD5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5EA

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5EA	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.111 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f0',
    500: '#5bd5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5ea;
$custom-light: #97e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.811,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8122,
    "c": 0.11147,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5EA

secondary

#B44836

accent

#2A0CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5EA

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

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