#5BE9D6#5BE9D6

#5BE9D6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.125 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9D6
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 214)
HSL	hsl(172, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(172, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 8.2%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -42.52, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 42.57, 182.88°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.1247 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.125 183)
XYZ	xyz(45.5853, 65.3522, 73.8171)
Luminance	0.6536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9D6 #E95B6E

analogous

#5BE98F #5BE9D6 #5BB5E9

triadic

#5BE9D6 #D65BE9 #E9D65B

tetradic

#5BE9D6 #8F5BE9 #E95B6E #B5E95B

square

#5BE9D6 #8F5BE9 #E95B6E #B5E95B

split-complementary

#5BE9D6 #E95BB5 #E98F5B

monochromatic

#18B29D #25E2C9 #5BE9D6 #91F0E3 #C7F7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#5BE9D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#5BE9D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9D6

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9D6	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFDDD5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CDD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EDE3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.125 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0e2',
    500: '#5be9d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9d6;
$custom-light: #98f0e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.972,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85224,
    "c": 0.12487,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.65357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9D6

secondary

#B23647

accent

#0D28D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1715

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9D6

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

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