#5BE5E2#5BE5E2

#5BE5E2 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.119 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5E2
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 226)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.83, -37.60, -9.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.83, 38.83, 194.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.66% -0.1155 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(84.66% 0.119 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.0551, 63.7489, 81.8144)
Luminance	0.6375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5E2 #E55B5E

analogous

#5BE59D #5BE5E2 #5BA3E5

triadic

#5BE5E2 #E25BE5 #E5E25B

tetradic

#5BE5E2 #9D5BE5 #E55B5E #A3E55B

square

#5BE5E2 #9D5BE5 #E55B5E #A3E55B

split-complementary

#5BE5E2 #E55BA3 #E59D5B

monochromatic

#1BABA7 #26DDD9 #5BE5E2 #90EDEB #C5F6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5BE5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.75

#5BE5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5E2

13.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5E2	1.00	1.53	13.75	13.75
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DAE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.119 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edeb',
    500: '#5be5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5e2;
$custom-light: #98edeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8466,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5E2

secondary

#AC383B

accent

#1115D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5E2

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

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