#5BD7EB#5BD7EB

#5BD7EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.112 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD7EB
RGB	rgb(91, 215, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -28.50, -20.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 34.88, 215.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.0975 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.112 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6040, 56.8186, 87.2503)
Luminance	0.5682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD7EB #EB6F5B

analogous

#5BEBB7 #5BD7EB #5B8FEB

triadic

#5BD7EB #EB5BD7 #D7EB5B

tetradic

#5BD7EB #B75BEB #EB6F5B #8FEB5B

square

#5BD7EB #B75BEB #EB6F5B #8FEB5B

split-complementary

#5BD7EB #EB5B8F #EBB75B

monochromatic

#169FB5 #24CAE4 #5BD7EB #92E4F2 #C8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#5BD7EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#5BD7EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD7EB

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD7EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD7EB	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C0EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd7eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 215, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.112 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e3f1',
    500: '#5bd7eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd7eb;
$custom-light: #98e3f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd7eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.333,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81719,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD7EB

secondary

#B54735

accent

#280BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD7EB

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

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