#5BE5EB#5BE5EB

#5BE5EB is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.118 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5EB
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 235)
HSL	hsl(183, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.10, -35.17, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.10, 37.88, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.96% -0.1118 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(84.96% 0.118 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3226, 64.2559, 88.4898)
Luminance	0.6426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5EB #EB615B

analogous

#5BEBA9 #5BE5EB #5B9DEB

triadic

#5BE5EB #EB5BE5 #E5EB5B

tetradic

#5BE5EB #A95BEB #EB615B #9DEB5B

square

#5BE5EB #A95BEB #EB615B #9DEB5B

split-complementary

#5BE5EB #EB5B9D #EBA95B

monochromatic

#16AFB5 #24DCE4 #5BE5EB #92EEF2 #C8F6F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#5BE5EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.85

#5BE5EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5EB

13.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5EB	1.00	1.52	13.85	13.85
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6DBEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.118 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf1',
    500: '#5be5eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5eb;
$custom-light: #99edf1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84961,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5EB

secondary

#B53A35

accent

#140BDB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F5FEFE

border

#CFD6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5EB

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

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