#5BD9E9#5BD9E9

#5BD9E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.112 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9E9
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 233)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 6.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.59, -30.04, -18.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.59, 35.16, 211.32°)
OKLab	oklab(82.11% -0.1004 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(82.11% 0.112 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8291, 57.7285, 85.9079)
Luminance	0.5773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9E9 #E96B5B

analogous

#5BE9B2 #5BD9E9 #5B92E9

triadic

#5BD9E9 #E95BD9 #D9E95B

tetradic

#5BD9E9 #B25BE9 #E96B5B #92E95B

square

#5BD9E9 #B25BE9 #E96B5B #92E95B

split-complementary

#5BD9E9 #E95B92 #E9B25B

monochromatic

#18A0B2 #25CCE2 #5BD9E9 #91E6F0 #C7F2F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5BD9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#5BD9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9E9

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9E9	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.112 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5f0',
    500: '#5bd9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9e9;
$custom-light: #98e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82108,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9E9

secondary

#B24436

accent

#240DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9E9

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

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