#5BE9D8#5BE9D8

#5BE9D8 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.124 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9D8
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 216)
HSL	hsl(173, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(173, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 7.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.72, -42.01, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.72, 42.13, 184.24°)
OKLab	oklab(85.29% -0.1238 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(85.29% 0.124 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8423, 65.4550, 75.1706)
Luminance	0.6546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9D8 #E95B6C

analogous

#5BE991 #5BE9D8 #5BB3E9

triadic

#5BE9D8 #D85BE9 #E9D85B

tetradic

#5BE9D8 #915BE9 #E95B6C #B3E95B

square

#5BE9D8 #915BE9 #E95B6C #B3E95B

split-complementary

#5BE9D8 #E95BB3 #E9915B

monochromatic

#18B29F #25E2CB #5BE9D8 #91F0E5 #C7F7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#5BE9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.09

#5BE9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9D8

14.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9D8	1.00	1.49	14.09	14.09
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEDDD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9CDDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EEE4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.124 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98f0e4',
    500: '#5be9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9d8;
$custom-light: #98f0e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.817,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85285,
    "c": 0.12416,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9D8

secondary

#B23645

accent

#0D25D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFC

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1715

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9D8

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

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