#5BE5EA#5BE5EA

#5BE5EA is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.118 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5EA
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 234)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.07, -35.44, -13.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.07, 37.95, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.1122 -0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.118 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1786, 64.1982, 87.7311)
Luminance	0.6420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5EA #EA605B

analogous

#5BEAA7 #5BE5EA #5B9DEA

triadic

#5BE5EA #EA5BE5 #E5EA5B

tetradic

#5BE5EA #A75BEA #EA605B #9DEA5B

square

#5BE5EA #A75BEA #EA605B #9DEA5B

split-complementary

#5BE5EA #EA5B9D #EAA75B

monochromatic

#17AEB4 #25DCE3 #5BE5EA #91EEF1 #C8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#5BE5EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#5BE5EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5EA

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5EA	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0CBEB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ECE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.118 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf0',
    500: '#5be5ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5ea;
$custom-light: #99edf0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.098,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84927,
    "c": 0.11831,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5EA

secondary

#B43A36

accent

#130CDA

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5EA

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

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