#5BDCE9#5BDCE9

#5BDCE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.114 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCE9
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.45, -31.48, -16.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.45, 35.76, 208.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.1034 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.114 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6094, 59.2890, 86.1680)
Luminance	0.5929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCE9 #E9685B

analogous

#5BE9AF #5BDCE9 #5B95E9

triadic

#5BDCE9 #E95BDC #DCE95B

tetradic

#5BDCE9 #AF5BE9 #E9685B #95E95B

square

#5BDCE9 #AF5BE9 #E9685B #95E95B

split-complementary

#5BDCE9 #E95B95 #E9AF5B

monochromatic

#18A4B2 #25D0E2 #5BDCE9 #91E8F0 #C7F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#5BDCE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#5BDCE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCE9

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCE9	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdce9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.114 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e7f0',
    500: '#5bdce9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdce9;
$custom-light: #98e7f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdce9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.493,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82803,
    "c": 0.11363,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCE9

secondary

#B24136

accent

#200DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCE9

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

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