#5BE9EE#5BE9EE

#5BE9EE is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.121 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9EE
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 238)
HSL	hsl(182, 81%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -36.21, -13.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 38.74, 200.84°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.1145 -0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.121 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.8792, 66.6698, 91.1649)
Luminance	0.6667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9EE #EE605B

analogous

#5BEEAA #5BE9EE #5BA0EE

triadic

#5BE9EE #EE5BE9 #E9EE5B

tetradic

#5BE9EE #AA5BEE #EE605B #A0EE5B

square

#5BE9EE #AA5BEE #EE605B #A0EE5B

split-complementary

#5BE9EE #EE5BA0 #EEAA5B

monochromatic

#13B5BB #24E2E8 #5BE9EE #92F0F4 #CAF8F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#5BE9EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#5BE9EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9EE

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9EE	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DADFEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEEF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.121 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#99f0f3',
    500: '#5be9ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9ee;
$custom-light: #99f0f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.041,
    "s": 81.215,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85992,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9EE

secondary

#BA3833

accent

#0F08DE

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9EE

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

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