#5BD9EE#5BD9EE

#5BD9EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.114 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9EE
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 238)
HSL	hsl(189, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -28.62, -20.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 35.32, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0984 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.114 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.5534, 58.0182, 89.7230)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9EE #EE705B

analogous

#5BEEB9 #5BD9EE #5B90EE

triadic

#5BD9EE #EE5BD9 #D9EE5B

tetradic

#5BD9EE #B95BEE #EE705B #90EE5B

square

#5BD9EE #B95BEE #EE705B #90EE5B

split-complementary

#5BD9EE #EE5B90 #EEB95B

monochromatic

#13A3BB #24CCE8 #5BD9EE #92E6F4 #CAF3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5BD9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#5BD9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9EE

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9EE	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D2EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C2EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.114 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5f3',
    500: '#5bd9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9ee;
$custom-light: #98e5f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82292,
    "c": 0.11392,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9EE

secondary

#BA4633

accent

#2608DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1517

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9EE

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

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