#5BD6E4#5BD6E4

#5BD6E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.110 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6E4
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 228)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 6.1%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, -30.00, -17.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 34.56, 209.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0993 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.11 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.3587, 55.9143, 81.9440)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6E4 #E4695B

analogous

#5BE4AD #5BD6E4 #5B92E4

triadic

#5BD6E4 #E45BD6 #D6E45B

tetradic

#5BD6E4 #AD5BE4 #E4695B #92E45B

square

#5BD6E4 #AD5BE4 #E4695B #92E45B

split-complementary

#5BD6E4 #E45B92 #E4AD5B

monochromatic

#1C9AA9 #26C9DB #5BD6E4 #90E3ED #C4F0F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD6E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#5BD6E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6E4

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6E4	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6CEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.110 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3ec',
    500: '#5bd6e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6e4;
$custom-light: #97e3ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.131,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81232,
    "c": 0.11008,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6E4

secondary

#AB4439

accent

#2612D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6E4

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

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