#5BD9EA#5BD9EA

#5BD9EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.113 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9EA
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 234)
HSL	hsl(187, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 7.3%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -29.76, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 35.18, 212.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.1 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.113 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9723, 57.7858, 86.6623)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9EA #EA6C5B

analogous

#5BEAB3 #5BD9EA #5B91EA

triadic

#5BD9EA #EA5BD9 #D9EA5B

tetradic

#5BD9EA #B35BEA #EA6C5B #91EA5B

square

#5BD9EA #B35BEA #EA6C5B #91EA5B

split-complementary

#5BD9EA #EA5B91 #EAB35B

monochromatic

#17A1B4 #25CCE3 #5BD9EA #91E6F1 #C8F2F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5BD9EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#5BD9EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9EA

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9EA	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3C1EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.113 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5f0',
    500: '#5bd9ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9ea;
$custom-light: #98e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.133,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82145,
    "c": 0.11269,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9EA

secondary

#B44536

accent

#240CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9EA

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

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