#5BE3EC#5BE3EC

#5BE3EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.117 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE3EC
RGB	rgb(91, 227, 236)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 3.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.55, -33.96, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.55, 37.29, 204.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.1093 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.117 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.9173, 63.2134, 89.0694)
Luminance	0.6322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE3EC #EC645B

analogous

#5BECAD #5BE3EC #5B9BEC

triadic

#5BE3EC #EC5BE3 #E3EC5B

tetradic

#5BE3EC #AD5BEC #EC645B #9BEC5B

square

#5BE3EC #AD5BEC #EC645B #9BEC5B

split-complementary

#5BE3EC #EC5B9B #ECAD5B

monochromatic

#15ADB7 #24DAE6 #5BE3EC #92ECF2 #C9F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#5BE3EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#5BE3EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE3EC

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE3EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE3EC	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3DAED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDC9ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be3ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 227, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.117 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99ecf2',
    500: '#5be3ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be3ec;
$custom-light: #99ecf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be3ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.724,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84532,
    "c": 0.11736,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE3EC

secondary

#B73C34

accent

#170ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FDFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE3EC

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

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