#5BE9EB#5BE9EB

#5BE9EB is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.121 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9EB
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 235)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 0.9%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.25, -37.02, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.25, 39.03, 198.43°)
OKLab	oklab(85.89% -0.1158 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(85.89% 0.121 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.4421, 66.4949, 88.8630)
Luminance	0.6650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9EB #EB5D5B

analogous

#5BEBA5 #5BE9EB #5BA1EB

triadic

#5BE9EB #EB5BE9 #E9EB5B

tetradic

#5BE9EB #A55BEB #EB5D5B #A1EB5B

square

#5BE9EB #A55BEB #EB5D5B #A1EB5B

split-complementary

#5BE9EB #EB5BA1 #EBA55B

monochromatic

#16B3B5 #24E2E4 #5BE9EB #92F0F2 #C8F8F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5BE9EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.30

#5BE9EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9EB

14.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9EB	1.00	1.47	14.30	14.30
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4CEEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.121 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f1',
    500: '#5be9eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9eb;
$custom-light: #99f0f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.833,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85891,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9EB

secondary

#B53735

accent

#0E0BDB

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9EB

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

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