#5BD6EC#5BD6EC

#5BD6EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.112 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6EC
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 236)
HSL	hsl(189, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 9.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -27.73, -21.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 34.80, 217.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% -0.0961 -0.0583)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.112 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4950, 56.3689, 87.9287)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6EC #EC715B

analogous

#5BECB9 #5BD6EC #5B8EEC

triadic

#5BD6EC #EC5BD6 #D6EC5B

tetradic

#5BD6EC #B95BEC #EC715B #8EEC5B

square

#5BD6EC #B95BEC #EC715B #8EEC5B

split-complementary

#5BD6EC #EC5B8E #ECB95B

monochromatic

#159FB7 #24C8E6 #5BD6EC #92E4F2 #C9F1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD6EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#5BD6EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6EC

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6EC	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.112 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e3f2',
    500: '#5bd6ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6ec;
$custom-light: #98e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81525,
    "c": 0.11244,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6EC

secondary

#B74834

accent

#2A0ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6EC

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

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