#5BE9E6#5BE9E6

#5BE9E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.121 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9E6
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 230)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(179, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 1.3%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.10, -38.37, -9.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.10, 39.63, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.73% -0.1179 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(85.73% 0.121 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.7299, 66.2100, 85.1120)
Luminance	0.6622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9E6 #E95B5E

analogous

#5BE99F #5BE9E6 #5BA5E9

triadic

#5BE9E6 #E65BE9 #E9E65B

tetradic

#5BE9E6 #9F5BE9 #E95B5E #A5E95B

square

#5BE9E6 #9F5BE9 #E95B5E #A5E95B

split-complementary

#5BE9E6 #E95BA5 #E99F5B

monochromatic

#18B2AF #25E2DE #5BE9E6 #91F0EE #C7F7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5BE9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.24

#5BE9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9E6

14.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9E6	1.00	1.47	14.24	14.24
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBDEE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5CEE7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00EFE8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.121 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0ed',
    500: '#5be9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9e6;
$custom-light: #99f0ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.732,
    "s": 76.344,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85725,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9E6

secondary

#B23639

accent

#0D11D9

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F6FEFD

border

#D0D6D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9E6

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

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