#5BD6EE#5BD6EE

#5BD6EE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.113 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6EE
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 238)
HSL	hsl(190, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 10.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.89, -27.15, -22.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.89, 34.95, 219.02°)
OKLab	oklab(81.6% -0.0953 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(81.6% 0.113 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7872, 56.4857, 89.4675)
Luminance	0.5649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6EE #EE735B

analogous

#5BEEBD #5BD6EE #5B8DEE

triadic

#5BD6EE #EE5BD6 #D6EE5B

tetradic

#5BD6EE #BD5BEE #EE735B #8DEE5B

square

#5BD6EE #BD5BEE #EE735B #8DEE5B

split-complementary

#5BD6EE #EE5B8D #EEBD5B

monochromatic

#13A0BB #24C8E8 #5BD6EE #92E4F4 #CAF2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD6EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#5BD6EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6EE

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6EE	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.113 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e3f3',
    500: '#5bd6ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6ee;
$custom-light: #98e3f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81601,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6EE

secondary

#BA4933

accent

#2B08DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6EE

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

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