#5BE4E9#5BE4E9

#5BE4E9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.118 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE4E9
RGB	rgb(91, 228, 233)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.75, -35.25, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.75, 37.76, 200.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.1116 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.118 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7594, 63.5892, 86.8846)
Luminance	0.6359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE4E9 #E9605B

analogous

#5BE9A7 #5BE4E9 #5B9DE9

triadic

#5BE4E9 #E95BE4 #E4E95B

tetradic

#5BE4E9 #A75BE9 #E9605B #9DE95B

square

#5BE4E9 #A75BE9 #E9605B #9DE95B

split-complementary

#5BE4E9 #E95B9D #E9A75B

monochromatic

#18ACB2 #25DBE2 #5BE4E9 #91EDF0 #C7F6F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5BE4E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#5BE4E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE4E9

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE4E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE4E9	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DAEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCAEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be4e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 228, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.118 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf0',
    500: '#5be4e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be4e9;
$custom-light: #99edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be4e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.113,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84661,
    "c": 0.11769,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE4E9

secondary

#B23A36

accent

#140DD9

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE4E9

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

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