#5BD6E9#5BD6E9

#5BD6E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.111 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6E9
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 8.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -28.59, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 34.65, 214.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.0973 -0.0543)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.111 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.0628, 56.1960, 85.6525)
Luminance	0.5620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6E9 #E96E5B

analogous

#5BE9B5 #5BD6E9 #5B8FE9

triadic

#5BD6E9 #E95BD6 #D6E95B

tetradic

#5BD6E9 #B55BE9 #E96E5B #8FE95B

square

#5BD6E9 #B55BE9 #E96E5B #8FE95B

split-complementary

#5BD6E9 #E95B8F #E9B55B

monochromatic

#189DB2 #25C9E2 #5BD6E9 #91E3F0 #C7F1F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD6E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#5BD6E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6E9

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6E9	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.111 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3f0',
    500: '#5bd6e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6e9;
$custom-light: #97e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.028,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81414,
    "c": 0.11142,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6E9

secondary

#B24736

accent

#280DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6E9

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

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