#5BD9DE#5BD9DE

#5BD9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 198.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9DE
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 2.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -33.09, -12.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 35.53, 201.33°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% -0.1048 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.111 198.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3064, 57.1194, 77.8886)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9DE #DE605B

analogous

#5BDEA2 #5BD9DE #5B98DE

triadic

#5BD9DE #DE5BD9 #D9DE5B

tetradic

#5BD9DE #A25BDE #DE605B #98DE5B

square

#5BD9DE #A25BDE #DE605B #98DE5B

split-complementary

#5BD9DE #DE5B98 #DEA25B

monochromatic

#209A9F #2ACBD2 #5BD9DE #8EE5E8 #C1F1F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5BD9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#5BD9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9DE

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9DE	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C1DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 198.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5e8',
    500: '#5bd9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9de;
$custom-light: #97e5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8172,
    "c": 0.11079,
    "h": 198.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9DE

secondary

#A23F3B

accent

#1E17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9DE

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

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