#5BE5E3#5BE5E3

#5BE5E3 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.638; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.118 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5E3
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 227)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 0.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.86, -37.34, -10.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.86, 38.70, 195.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.69% -0.1151 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(84.69% 0.119 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1927, 63.8039, 82.5391)
Luminance	0.6381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5E3 #E55B5D

analogous

#5BE59E #5BE5E3 #5BA2E5

triadic

#5BE5E3 #E35BE5 #E5E35B

tetradic

#5BE5E3 #9E5BE5 #E55B5D #A2E55B

square

#5BE5E3 #9E5BE5 #E55B5D #A2E55B

split-complementary

#5BE5E3 #E55BA2 #E59E5B

monochromatic

#1BABA8 #26DDDA #5BE5E3 #90EDEC #C5F6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#5BE5E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.76

#5BE5E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5E3

13.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5E3	1.00	1.53	13.76	13.76
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8DAE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CAE4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EBE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.118 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edeb',
    500: '#5be5e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5e3;
$custom-light: #98edeb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84693,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.63809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5E3

secondary

#AC383A

accent

#1114D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5E3

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

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