#5BE9E5#5BE9E5

#5BE9E5 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 192.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9E5
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 229)
HSL	hsl(178, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(178, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.07, -38.63, -9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.07, 39.77, 193.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% -0.1183 -0.0262)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.121 192.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5899, 66.1540, 84.3745)
Luminance	0.6616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9E5 #E95B5F

analogous

#5BE99E #5BE9E5 #5BA6E9

triadic

#5BE9E5 #E55BE9 #E9E55B

tetradic

#5BE9E5 #9E5BE9 #E95B5F #A6E95B

square

#5BE9E5 #9E5BE9 #E95B5F #A6E95B

split-complementary

#5BE9E5 #E95BA6 #E99E5B

monochromatic

#18B2AD #25E2DC #5BE9E5 #91F0EE #C7F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#5BE9E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.23

#5BE9E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9E5

14.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9E5	1.00	1.48	14.23	14.23
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCDEE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 192.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0ed',
    500: '#5be9e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9e5;
$custom-light: #99f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85693,
    "c": 0.12117,
    "h": 192.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9E5

secondary

#B2363A

accent

#0D13D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F5FEFD

border

#CFD6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9E5

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

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