#5BE5E1#5BE5E1

#5BE5E1 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.637; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.119 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5E1
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 225)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 1.7%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.81, -37.87, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.81, 38.97, 193.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.1159 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.119 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9183, 63.6941, 81.0938)
Luminance	0.6370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5E1 #E55B5F

analogous

#5BE59C #5BE5E1 #5BA4E5

triadic

#5BE5E1 #E15BE5 #E5E15B

tetradic

#5BE5E1 #9C5BE5 #E55B5F #A4E55B

square

#5BE5E1 #9C5BE5 #E55B5F #A4E55B

split-complementary

#5BE5E1 #E55BA4 #E59C5B

monochromatic

#1BABA6 #26DDD7 #5BE5E1 #90EDEB #C5F6F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5BE5E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.74

#5BE5E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5E1

13.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5E1	1.00	1.53	13.74	13.74
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DAE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.119 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edea',
    500: '#5be5e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5e1;
$custom-light: #98edea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.261,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84628,
    "c": 0.11872,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5E1

secondary

#AC383B

accent

#1116D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5E1

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

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