#5BD9EC#5BD9EC

#5BD9EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.113 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9EC
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 236)
HSL	hsl(188, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 8.1%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -29.19, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 35.23, 214.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.22% -0.0992 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(82.22% 0.113 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2612, 57.9013, 88.1841)
Luminance	0.5791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9EC #EC6E5B

analogous

#5BECB7 #5BD9EC #5B91EC

triadic

#5BD9EC #EC5BD9 #D9EC5B

tetradic

#5BD9EC #B75BEC #EC6E5B #91EC5B

square

#5BD9EC #B75BEC #EC6E5B #91EC5B

split-complementary

#5BD9EC #EC5B91 #ECB75B

monochromatic

#15A2B7 #24CCE6 #5BD9EC #92E6F2 #C9F2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5BD9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#5BD9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9EC

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9EC	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D1ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C1EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.113 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5f2',
    500: '#5bd9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9ec;
$custom-light: #98e5f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.862,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82218,
    "c": 0.11326,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9EC

secondary

#B74534

accent

#250ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9EC

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

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