#5BE3E9#5BE3E9

#5BE3E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.117 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE3E9
RGB	rgb(91, 227, 233)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.46, -34.78, -13.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.46, 37.48, 201.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.1106 -0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.117 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.4851, 63.0406, 86.7932)
Luminance	0.6305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE3E9 #E9615B

analogous

#5BE9A8 #5BE3E9 #5B9CE9

triadic

#5BE3E9 #E95BE3 #E3E95B

tetradic

#5BE3E9 #A85BE9 #E9615B #9CE95B

square

#5BE3E9 #A85BE9 #E9615B #9CE95B

split-complementary

#5BE3E9 #E95B9C #E9A85B

monochromatic

#18ABB2 #25DAE2 #5BE3E9 #91ECF0 #C7F5F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#5BE3E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.61

#5BE3E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE3E9

13.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE3E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE3E9	1.00	1.54	13.61	13.61
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D9EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEC9EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be3e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 227, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.117 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ecf0',
    500: '#5be3e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be3e9;
$custom-light: #98ecf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be3e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.535,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84428,
    "c": 0.11712,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE3E9

secondary

#B23B36

accent

#160DD9

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE3E9

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

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