#5BD8EA#5BD8EA

#5BD8EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.112 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8EA
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -29.27, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 35.00, 213.26°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.099 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.112 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.7153, 57.2718, 86.5767)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8EA #EA6D5B

analogous

#5BEAB4 #5BD8EA #5B90EA

triadic

#5BD8EA #EA5BD8 #D8EA5B

tetradic

#5BD8EA #B45BEA #EA6D5B #90EA5B

square

#5BD8EA #B45BEA #EA6D5B #90EA5B

split-complementary

#5BD8EA #EA5B90 #EAB45B

monochromatic

#17A0B4 #25CBE3 #5BD8EA #91E5F1 #C8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5BD8EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#5BD8EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8EA

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8EA	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D0EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.112 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e4f0',
    500: '#5bd8ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8ea;
$custom-light: #98e4f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.552,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.11236,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8EA

secondary

#B44536

accent

#260CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8EA

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

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