#5BE5EC#5BE5EC

#5BE5EC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.118 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5EC
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 236)
HSL	hsl(183, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -34.90, -14.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 37.80, 202.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.1113 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.118 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4675, 64.3138, 89.2528)
Luminance	0.6432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5EC #EC625B

analogous

#5BECAB #5BE5EC #5B9CEC

triadic

#5BE5EC #EC5BE5 #E5EC5B

tetradic

#5BE5EC #AB5BEC #EC625B #9CEC5B

square

#5BE5EC #AB5BEC #EC625B #9CEC5B

split-complementary

#5BE5EC #EC5B9C #ECAB5B

monochromatic

#15B0B7 #24DCE6 #5BE5EC #92EEF2 #C9F6F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#5BE5EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#5BE5EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5EC

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5EC	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DBED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFCBED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.118 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf2',
    500: '#5be5ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5ec;
$custom-light: #99edf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.897,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84996,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5EC

secondary

#B73B34

accent

#140ADC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5EC

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

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