#5BE8E6#5BE8E6

#5BE8E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.120 H 193.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE8E6
RGB	rgb(91, 232, 230)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 0%, 0.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -37.91, -10.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 39.30, 195.27°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.1169 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.12 193.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4476, 65.6455, 85.0179)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE8E6 #E85B5D

analogous

#5BE89F #5BE8E6 #5BA3E8

triadic

#5BE8E6 #E65BE8 #E8E65B

tetradic

#5BE8E6 #9F5BE8 #E85B5D #A3E85B

square

#5BE8E6 #9F5BE8 #E85B5D #A3E85B

split-complementary

#5BE8E6 #E85BA3 #E89F5B

monochromatic

#19B0AE #25E0DE #5BE8E6 #91F0EE #C6F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#5BE8E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#5BE8E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE8E6

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE8E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE8E6	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADDE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CDE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be8e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 232, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.120 193.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0ed',
    500: '#5be8e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be8e6;
$custom-light: #99f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be8e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.149,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85492,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 193.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE8E6

secondary

#B13738

accent

#0E11D8

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE8E6

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