#5BDCEF#5BDCEF

#5BDCEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.115 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCEF
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 239)
HSL	hsl(188, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.9%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.64, -29.78, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.64, 35.81, 213.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.101 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.115 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4811, 59.6377, 90.7589)
Luminance	0.5964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCEF #EF6E5B

analogous

#5BEFB8 #5BDCEF #5B92EF

triadic

#5BDCEF #EF5BDC #DCEF5B

tetradic

#5BDCEF #B85BEF #EF6E5B #92EF5B

square

#5BDCEF #B85BEF #EF6E5B #92EF5B

split-complementary

#5BDCEF #EF5B92 #EFB85B

monochromatic

#12A7BD #23D0EA #5BDCEF #93E8F4 #CBF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#5BDCEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#5BDCEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCEF

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCEF	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD4F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4C4EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.115 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e7f4',
    500: '#5bdcef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcef;
$custom-light: #98e7f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.703,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8302,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCEF

secondary

#BC4433

accent

#2307DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCEF

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

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