#5BD5EB#5BD5EB

#5BD5EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.112 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5EB
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 9.4%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -27.53, -20.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 34.61, 217.32°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0955 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.112 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.0978, 55.8063, 87.0816)
Luminance	0.5581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5EB #EB715B

analogous

#5BEBB9 #5BD5EB #5B8DEB

triadic

#5BD5EB #EB5BD5 #D5EB5B

tetradic

#5BD5EB #B95BEB #EB715B #8DEB5B

square

#5BD5EB #B95BEB #EB715B #8DEB5B

split-complementary

#5BD5EB #EB5B8D #EBB95B

monochromatic

#169DB5 #24C7E4 #5BD5EB #92E3F2 #C8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#5BD5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5EB

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5EB	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBEEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.112 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e2f1',
    500: '#5bd5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5eb;
$custom-light: #97e2f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.167,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81257,
    "c": 0.11184,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5EB

secondary

#B54935

accent

#2B0BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5EB

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

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