#5BD6ED#5BD6ED

#5BD6ED is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.113 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6ED
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 237)
HSL	hsl(189, 80%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 9.7%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -27.44, -21.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 34.87, 218.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0957 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.113 212)
XYZ	xyz(43.6407, 56.4271, 88.6960)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6ED #ED725B

analogous

#5BEDBB #5BD6ED #5B8DED

triadic

#5BD6ED #ED5BD6 #D6ED5B

tetradic

#5BD6ED #BB5BED #ED725B #8DED5B

square

#5BD6ED #BB5BED #ED725B #8DED5B

split-complementary

#5BD6ED #ED5B8D #EDBB5B

monochromatic

#149FB9 #24C8E7 #5BD6ED #92E4F3 #C9F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD6ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#5BD6ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6ED

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6ED	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CFEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.113 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e3f2',
    500: '#5bd6ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6ed;
$custom-light: #98e3f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.452,
    "s": 80.22,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81563,
    "c": 0.11283,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.56432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6ED

secondary

#B84934

accent

#2A09DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6ED

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

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