#5BE5E0#5BE5E0

#5BE5E0 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.119 H 191.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5E0
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 224)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.78, -38.13, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.78, 39.12, 192.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.1163 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.119 191.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.7823, 63.6397, 80.3775)
Luminance	0.6364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5E0 #E55B60

analogous

#5BE59B #5BE5E0 #5BA5E5

triadic

#5BE5E0 #E05BE5 #E5E05B

tetradic

#5BE5E0 #9B5BE5 #E55B60 #A5E55B

square

#5BE5E0 #9B5BE5 #E55B60 #A5E55B

split-complementary

#5BE5E0 #E55BA5 #E59B5B

monochromatic

#1BABA5 #26DDD6 #5BE5E0 #90EDEA #C5F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5BE5E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.73

#5BE5E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5E0

13.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5E0	1.00	1.53	13.73	13.73
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DAE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CAE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.119 191.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98ede9',
    500: '#5be5e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5e0;
$custom-light: #98ede9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.826,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84595,
    "c": 0.11885,
    "h": 191.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5E0

secondary

#AC383C

accent

#1118D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5E0

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

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