#5BD8EC#5BD8EC

#5BD8EC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.113 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8EC
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -28.70, -20.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 35.08, 215.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0982 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.113 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.0043, 57.3874, 88.0984)
Luminance	0.5739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8EC #EC6F5B

analogous

#5BECB8 #5BD8EC #5B90EC

triadic

#5BD8EC #EC5BD8 #D8EC5B

tetradic

#5BD8EC #B85BEC #EC6F5B #90EC5B

square

#5BD8EC #B85BEC #EC6F5B #90EC5B

split-complementary

#5BD8EC #EC5B90 #ECB85B

monochromatic

#15A1B7 #24CBE6 #5BD8EC #92E5F2 #C9F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BD8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#5BD8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8EC

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8EC	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.113 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e4f2',
    500: '#5bd8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8ec;
$custom-light: #98e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81987,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8EC

secondary

#B74634

accent

#270ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8EC

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

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