#5BD8E2#5BD8E2

#5BD8E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.111 H 202.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8E2
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 226)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.08, -31.52, -15.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.08, 35.04, 205.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.1022 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.111 202.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5919, 56.8224, 80.6600)
Luminance	0.5683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8E2 #E2655B

analogous

#5BE2A8 #5BD8E2 #5B95E2

triadic

#5BD8E2 #E25BD8 #D8E25B

tetradic

#5BD8E2 #A85BE2 #E2655B #95E25B

square

#5BD8E2 #A85BE2 #E2655B #95E25B

split-complementary

#5BD8E2 #E25B95 #E2A85B

monochromatic

#1D9BA5 #27CCD9 #5BD8E2 #8FE4EB #C3F1F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#5BD8E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.37

#5BD8E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8E2

12.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8E2	1.00	1.70	12.37	12.37
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9D0E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C0E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.111 202.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e4eb',
    500: '#5bd8e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8e2;
$custom-light: #97e4eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81626,
    "c": 0.11061,
    "h": 202.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8E2

secondary

#A84239

accent

#2214D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

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