#5BD6EB#5BD6EB

#5BD6EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.112 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6EB
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 235)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 8.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -28.01, -20.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 34.74, 216.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.49% -0.0965 -0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.49% 0.112 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.3501, 56.3109, 87.1657)
Luminance	0.5632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6EB #EB705B

analogous

#5BEBB8 #5BD6EB #5B8EEB

triadic

#5BD6EB #EB5BD6 #D6EB5B

tetradic

#5BD6EB #B85BEB #EB705B #8EEB5B

square

#5BD6EB #B85BEB #EB705B #8EEB5B

split-complementary

#5BD6EB #EB5B8E #EBB85B

monochromatic

#169EB5 #24C8E4 #5BD6EB #92E4F2 #C8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD6EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#5BD6EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6EB

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6EB	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.112 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e3f1',
    500: '#5bd6eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6eb;
$custom-light: #98e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.75,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81488,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6EB

secondary

#B54835

accent

#290BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6EB

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

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