#5BE8EC#5BE8EC

#5BE8EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.120 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE8EC
RGB	rgb(91, 232, 236)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.7%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -36.29, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 38.63, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.1144 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.12 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.3047, 65.9883, 89.5319)
Luminance	0.6599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE8EC #EC5F5B

analogous

#5BECA8 #5BE8EC #5BA0EC

triadic

#5BE8EC #EC5BE8 #E8EC5B

tetradic

#5BE8EC #A85BEC #EC5F5B #A0EC5B

square

#5BE8EC #A85BEC #EC5F5B #A0EC5B

split-complementary

#5BE8EC #EC5BA0 #ECA85B

monochromatic

#15B3B7 #24E0E6 #5BE8EC #92F0F2 #C9F7F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5BE8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#5BE8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE8EC

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE8EC	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DEED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2CDED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 232, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.120 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f2',
    500: '#5be8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be8ec;
$custom-light: #99f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.655,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85692,
    "c": 0.12012,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE8EC

secondary

#B73834

accent

#100ADC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE8EC

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

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