#5BD8EB#5BD8EB

#5BD8EB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.113 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8EB
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 235)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.36, -28.99, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.36, 35.04, 214.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0986 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.113 209)
XYZ	xyz(43.8594, 57.3294, 87.3354)
Luminance	0.5733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8EB #EB6E5B

analogous

#5BEBB6 #5BD8EB #5B90EB

triadic

#5BD8EB #EB5BD8 #D8EB5B

tetradic

#5BD8EB #B65BEB #EB6E5B #90EB5B

square

#5BD8EB #B65BEB #EB6E5B #90EB5B

split-complementary

#5BD8EB #EB5B90 #EBB65B

monochromatic

#16A0B5 #24CBE4 #5BD8EB #92E5F2 #C8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BD8EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#5BD8EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8EB

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8EB	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.113 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e4f1',
    500: '#5bd8eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8eb;
$custom-light: #98e4f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.917,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8195,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.57334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8EB

secondary

#B54635

accent

#260BDB

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8EB

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

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