#5BE9E4#5BE9E4

#5BE9E4 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.661; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9E4
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 228)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 2.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.05, -38.90, -8.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.05, 39.91, 192.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.1187 -0.0249)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.121 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4507, 66.0983, 83.6413)
Luminance	0.6610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9E4 #E95B60

analogous

#5BE99D #5BE9E4 #5BA7E9

triadic

#5BE9E4 #E45BE9 #E9E45B

tetradic

#5BE9E4 #9D5BE9 #E95B60 #A7E95B

square

#5BE9E4 #9D5BE9 #E95B60 #A7E95B

split-complementary

#5BE9E4 #E95BA7 #E99D5B

monochromatic

#18B2AC #25E2DB #5BE9E4 #91F0ED #C7F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5BE9E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.22

#5BE9E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9E4

14.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9E4	1.00	1.48	14.22	14.22
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDEE4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6CEE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0ec',
    500: '#5be9e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9e4;
$custom-light: #99f0ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.887,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85661,
    "c": 0.1213,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9E4

secondary

#B2363A

accent

#0D14D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9E4

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