#5BD6E5#5BD6E5

#5BD6E5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.110 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6E5
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 229)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(187, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.6%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -29.72, -17.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 34.56, 210.69°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0989 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.11 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.4979, 55.9700, 82.6772)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6E5 #E56A5B

analogous

#5BE5AF #5BD6E5 #5B91E5

triadic

#5BD6E5 #E55BD6 #D6E55B

tetradic

#5BD6E5 #AF5BE5 #E56A5B #91E55B

square

#5BD6E5 #AF5BE5 #E56A5B #91E55B

split-complementary

#5BD6E5 #E55B91 #E5AF5B

monochromatic

#1B9BAB #26C9DD #5BD6E5 #90E3ED #C5F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD6E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#5BD6E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6E5

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6E5	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)

#C6CEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BFE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.110 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3ed',
    500: '#5bd6e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6e5;
$custom-light: #97e3ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81268,
    "c": 0.11031,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6E5

secondary

#AC4538

accent

#2611D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6E5

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

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