#5BDAEF#5BDAEF

#5BDAEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.115 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDAEF
RGB	rgb(91, 218, 239)
HSL	hsl(189, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, -28.82, -20.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 35.51, 215.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.56% -0.099 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(82.56% 0.115 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.9593, 58.5942, 90.5850)
Luminance	0.5860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDAEF #EF705B

analogous

#5BEFBA #5BDAEF #5B90EF

triadic

#5BDAEF #EF5BDA #DAEF5B

tetradic

#5BDAEF #BA5BEF #EF705B #90EF5B

square

#5BDAEF #BA5BEF #EF705B #90EF5B

split-complementary

#5BDAEF #EF5B90 #EFBA5B

monochromatic

#12A5BD #23CDEA #5BDAEF #93E7F4 #CBF3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#5BDAEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#5BDAEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDAEF

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDAEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDAEF	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D3F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2C2EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdaef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 218, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.115 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e5f4',
    500: '#5bdaef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdaef;
$custom-light: #98e5f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdaef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.514,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82559,
    "c": 0.11453,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDAEF

secondary

#BC4633

accent

#2507DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDAEF

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

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