#5BDDE9#5BDDE9

#5BDDE9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.114 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDDE9
RGB	rgb(91, 221, 233)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -31.95, -16.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 35.98, 207.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.04% -0.1045 -0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(83.04% 0.114 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.8726, 59.8155, 86.2557)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDDE9 #E9675B

analogous

#5BE9AE #5BDDE9 #5B96E9

triadic

#5BDDE9 #E95BDD #DDE95B

tetradic

#5BDDE9 #AE5BE9 #E9675B #96E95B

square

#5BDDE9 #AE5BE9 #E9675B #96E95B

split-complementary

#5BDDE9 #E95B96 #E9AE5B

monochromatic

#18A5B2 #25D2E2 #5BDDE9 #91E8F0 #C7F3F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#5BDDE9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#5BDDE9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDDE9

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDDE9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDDE9	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD4EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdde9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 221, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.114 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e8f0',
    500: '#5bdde9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdde9;
$custom-light: #98e8f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdde9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.07,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83035,
    "c": 0.11407,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDDE9

secondary

#B24136

accent

#1E0DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDDE9

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

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