#5BE5EE#5BE5EE

#5BE5EE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE5EE
RGB	rgb(91, 229, 238)
HSL	hsl(184, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(184, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.19, -34.34, -15.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.19, 37.68, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(85.07% -0.1105 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(85.07% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7597, 64.4307, 90.7917)
Luminance	0.6444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE5EE #EE645B

analogous

#5BEEAD #5BE5EE #5B9CEE

triadic

#5BE5EE #EE5BE5 #E5EE5B

tetradic

#5BE5EE #AD5BEE #EE645B #9CEE5B

square

#5BE5EE #AD5BEE #EE645B #9CEE5B

split-complementary

#5BE5EE #EE5B9C #EEAD5B

monochromatic

#13B1BB #24DCE8 #5BE5EE #92EEF4 #CAF7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#5BE5EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.89

#5BE5EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE5EE

13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE5EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE5EE	1.00	1.51	13.89	13.89
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5DCEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BECBEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be5ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 229, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99edf3',
    500: '#5be5ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be5ee;
$custom-light: #99edf3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be5ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85065,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE5EE

secondary

#BA3B33

accent

#1508DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE5EE

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

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