#5BD5EC#5BD5EC

#5BD5EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.112 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5EC
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 236)
HSL	hsl(190, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, -27.24, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 34.68, 218.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.3% -0.0951 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(81.3% 0.112 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2427, 55.8643, 87.8446)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5EC #EC725B

analogous

#5BECBB #5BD5EC #5B8DEC

triadic

#5BD5EC #EC5BD5 #D5EC5B

tetradic

#5BD5EC #BB5BEC #EC725B #8DEC5B

square

#5BD5EC #BB5BEC #EC725B #8DEC5B

split-complementary

#5BD5EC #EC5B8D #ECBB5B

monochromatic

#159EB7 #24C7E6 #5BD5EC #92E3F2 #C9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#5BD5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5EC

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5EC	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.112 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e2f2',
    500: '#5bd5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5ec;
$custom-light: #98e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.517,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81295,
    "c": 0.11222,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5EC

secondary

#B74934

accent

#2B0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5EC

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

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