#5BE5E4#5BE5E4

#5BE5E4 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.118 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5E4
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 228)
HSL	hsl(180, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(180, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 0.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.89, -37.07, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.89, 38.57, 196.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.1147 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.118 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.3312, 63.8593, 83.2681)
Luminance	0.6386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5E4 #E55B5C

analogous

#5BE59F #5BE5E4 #5BA1E5

triadic

#5BE5E4 #E45BE5 #E5E45B

tetradic

#5BE5E4 #9F5BE5 #E55B5C #A1E55B

square

#5BE5E4 #9F5BE5 #E55B5C #A1E55B

split-complementary

#5BE5E4 #E55BA1 #E59F5B

monochromatic

#1BABAA #26DDDB #5BE5E4 #90EDED #C5F6F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#5BE5E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.77

#5BE5E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5E4

13.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5E4	1.00	1.52	13.77	13.77
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7DBE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1CAE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.118 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98edec',
    500: '#5be5e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5e4;
$custom-light: #98edec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.565,
    "s": 72.632,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84726,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5E4

secondary

#AC3839

accent

#1112D5

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5E4

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

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