#5BD8E4#5BD8E4

#5BD8E4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8E4
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 228)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -30.96, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 34.98, 207.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.7% -0.1014 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(81.7% 0.111 204)
XYZ	xyz(42.8679, 56.9329, 82.1137)
Luminance	0.5694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8E4 #E4675B

analogous

#5BE4AB #5BD8E4 #5B94E4

triadic

#5BD8E4 #E45BD8 #D8E45B

tetradic

#5BD8E4 #AB5BE4 #E4675B #94E45B

square

#5BD8E4 #AB5BE4 #E4675B #94E45B

split-complementary

#5BD8E4 #E45B94 #E4AB5B

monochromatic

#1C9CA9 #26CCDB #5BD8E4 #90E4ED #C4F1F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#5BD8E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#5BD8E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8E4

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8E4	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C0E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e4ec',
    500: '#5bd8e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8e4;
$custom-light: #97e4ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.255,
    "s": 71.728,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81697,
    "c": 0.11094,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.56937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8E4

secondary

#AB4339

accent

#2312D4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8E4

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

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