#5BDDEA#5BDDEA

#5BDDEA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.114 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDDEA
RGB	rgb(91, 221, 234)
HSL	hsl(185, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 5.6%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -31.67, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 35.96, 208.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.1041 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.114 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0158, 59.8728, 87.0102)
Luminance	0.5988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDDEA #EA685B

analogous

#5BEAAF #5BDDEA #5B95EA

triadic

#5BDDEA #EA5BDD #DDEA5B

tetradic

#5BDDEA #AF5BEA #EA685B #95EA5B

square

#5BDDEA #AF5BEA #EA685B #95EA5B

split-complementary

#5BDDEA #EA5B95 #EAAF5B

monochromatic

#17A5B4 #25D2E3 #5BDDEA #91E8F1 #C8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#5BDDEA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#5BDDEA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDDEA

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDDEA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDDEA	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD5EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C4EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bddea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 221, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.114 204.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bddea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83071,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDDEA

secondary

#B44136

accent

#1F0CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDDEA

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

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