#5BD8EF#5BD8EF

#5BD8EF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.114 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8EF
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.50, -27.84, -21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.50, 35.25, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(82.1% -0.097 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(82.1% 0.114 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4438, 57.5632, 90.4132)
Luminance	0.5757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8EF #EF725B

analogous

#5BEFBC #5BD8EF #5B8EEF

triadic

#5BD8EF #EF5BD8 #D8EF5B

tetradic

#5BD8EF #BC5BEF #EF725B #8EEF5B

square

#5BD8EF #BC5BEF #EF725B #8EEF5B

split-complementary

#5BD8EF #EF5B8E #EFBC5B

monochromatic

#12A3BD #23CBEA #5BD8EF #93E5F4 #CBF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BD8EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#5BD8EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8EF

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8EF	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D1F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0C1EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.114 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e4f4',
    500: '#5bd8ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8ef;
$custom-light: #98e4f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.324,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82099,
    "c": 0.11404,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8EF

secondary

#BC4833

accent

#2807DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8EF

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

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