#5BE9EC#5BE9EC

#5BE9EC is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.121 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9EC
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 236)
HSL	hsl(181, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 1.3%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.28, -36.75, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.28, 38.92, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.1154 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.121 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5870, 66.5529, 89.6260)
Luminance	0.6656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9EC #EC5E5B

analogous

#5BECA6 #5BE9EC #5BA1EC

triadic

#5BE9EC #EC5BE9 #E9EC5B

tetradic

#5BE9EC #A65BEC #EC5E5B #A1EC5B

square

#5BE9EC #A65BEC #EC5E5B #A1EC5B

split-complementary

#5BE9EC #EC5BA1 #ECA65B

monochromatic

#15B4B7 #24E2E6 #5BE9EC #92F0F2 #C9F8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#5BE9EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#5BE9EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9EC

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9EC	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F0E9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.121 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f2',
    500: '#5be9ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9ec;
$custom-light: #99f0f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.241,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85924,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9EC

secondary

#B73734

accent

#0E0ADC

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9EC

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

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