#5BDDEE#5BDDEE

#5BDDEE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.115 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDDEE
RGB	rgb(91, 221, 238)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 7.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -30.55, -18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 35.96, 211.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.1025 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.115 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.5970, 60.1053, 90.0708)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDDEE #EE6C5B

analogous

#5BEEB6 #5BDDEE #5B94EE

triadic

#5BDDEE #EE5BDD #DDEE5B

tetradic

#5BDDEE #B65BEE #EE6C5B #94EE5B

square

#5BDDEE #B65BEE #EE6C5B #94EE5B

split-complementary

#5BDDEE #EE5B94 #EEB65B

monochromatic

#13A8BB #24D2E8 #5BDDEE #92E8F4 #CAF4F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#5BDDEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#5BDDEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDDEE

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDDEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDDEE	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCD5EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C5EE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bddee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 221, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.115 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e8f3',
    500: '#5bddee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bddee;
$custom-light: #98e8f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bddee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.939,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83215,
    "c": 0.11515,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDDEE

secondary

#BA4333

accent

#2108DE

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDDEE

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

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