#5BDDEF#5BDDEF

#5BDDEF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.115 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDDEF
RGB	rgb(91, 221, 239)
HSL	hsl(187, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 7.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -30.27, -19.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 35.97, 212.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.1021 -0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.115 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7443, 60.1642, 90.8467)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDDEF #EF6D5B

analogous

#5BEFB7 #5BDDEF #5B93EF

triadic

#5BDDEF #EF5BDD #DDEF5B

tetradic

#5BDDEF #B75BEF #EF6D5B #93EF5B

square

#5BDDEF #B75BEF #EF6D5B #93EF5B

split-complementary

#5BDDEF #EF5B93 #EFB75B

monochromatic

#12A8BD #23D1EA #5BDDEF #93E9F4 #CBF4FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#5BDDEF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#5BDDEF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDDEF

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDDEF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDDEF	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD5F0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C5EF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E6E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bddef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 221, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.115 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e8f4',
    500: '#5bddef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bddef;
$custom-light: #98e8f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bddef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.297,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83251,
    "c": 0.11542,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDDEF

secondary

#BC4333

accent

#2107DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDDEF

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

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