#5BD8EE#5BD8EE

#5BD8EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.114 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8EE
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -28.13, -21.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 35.18, 216.91°)
OKLab	oklab(82.06% -0.0974 -0.0586)
OKLCH	oklch(82.06% 0.114 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2965, 57.5043, 89.6373)
Luminance	0.5751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8EE #EE715B

analogous

#5BEEBB #5BD8EE #5B8EEE

triadic

#5BD8EE #EE5BD8 #D8EE5B

tetradic

#5BD8EE #BB5BEE #EE715B #8EEE5B

square

#5BD8EE #BB5BEE #EE715B #8EEE5B

split-complementary

#5BD8EE #EE5B8E #EEBB5B

monochromatic

#13A2BB #24CBE8 #5BD8EE #92E5F4 #CAF2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#5BD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8EE

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8EE	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.114 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e4f3',
    500: '#5bd8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8ee;
$custom-light: #98e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.98,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82061,
    "c": 0.11367,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8EE

secondary

#BA4733

accent

#2808DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8EE

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

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