#5BD5ED#5BD5ED

#5BD5ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.113 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5ED
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 237)
HSL	hsl(190, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 10.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -26.95, -21.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 34.76, 219.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.33% -0.0947 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(81.33% 0.113 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3884, 55.9225, 88.6119)
Luminance	0.5593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5ED #ED735B

analogous

#5BEDBC #5BD5ED #5B8CED

triadic

#5BD5ED #ED5BD5 #D5ED5B

tetradic

#5BD5ED #BC5BED #ED735B #8CED5B

square

#5BD5ED #BC5BED #ED735B #8CED5B

split-complementary

#5BD5ED #ED5B8C #EDBC5B

monochromatic

#149EB9 #24C7E7 #5BD5ED #92E3F3 #C9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD5ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#5BD5ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5ED

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5ED	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CEEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADBEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.113 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e2f2',
    500: '#5bd5ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5ed;
$custom-light: #98e2f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.863,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81333,
    "c": 0.11262,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5ED

secondary

#B84A34

accent

#2C09DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5ED

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

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