#5BE3E5#5BE3E5

#5BE3E5 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.117 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE3E5
RGB	rgb(91, 227, 229)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.34, -35.87, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.34, 37.83, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.29% -0.1122 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.29% 0.117 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9202, 62.8146, 83.8179)
Luminance	0.6282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE3E5 #E55D5B

analogous

#5BE5A2 #5BE3E5 #5B9EE5

triadic

#5BE3E5 #E55BE3 #E3E55B

tetradic

#5BE3E5 #A25BE5 #E55D5B #9EE55B

square

#5BE3E5 #A25BE5 #E55D5B #9EE55B

split-complementary

#5BE3E5 #E55B9E #E5A25B

monochromatic

#1BA8AB #26DADD #5BE3E5 #90ECED #C5F5F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#5BE3E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.56

#5BE3E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE3E5

13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE3E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE3E5	1.00	1.55	13.56	13.56
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D9E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC9E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EAE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be3e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 227, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.117 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98eced',
    500: '#5be3e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be3e5;
$custom-light: #98eced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be3e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.87,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84293,
    "c": 0.11705,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.62819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE3E5

secondary

#AC3A38

accent

#1411D5

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE3E5

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

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