#5BE9EF#5BE9EF

#5BE9EF is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.121 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BE9EF
RGB	rgb(91, 233, 239)
HSL	hsl(182, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(182, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.37, -35.94, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.37, 38.66, 201.65°)
OKLab	oklab(86.03% -0.1141 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(86.03% 0.121 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.0265, 66.7287, 91.9408)
Luminance	0.6673 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BE9EF #EF615B

analogous

#5BEFAB #5BE9EF #5B9FEF

triadic

#5BE9EF #EF5BE9 #E9EF5B

tetradic

#5BE9EF #AB5BEF #EF615B #9FEF5B

square

#5BE9EF #AB5BEF #EF615B #9FEF5B

split-complementary

#5BE9EF #EF5B9F #EFAB5B

monochromatic

#12B6BD #23E2EA #5BE9EF #93F0F4 #CBF8FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#5BE9EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#5BE9EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BE9EF

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BE9EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BE9EF	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9DFF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3CEF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00F1EA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5be9ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 233, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.121 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9af0f4',
    500: '#5be9ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5be9ef;
$custom-light: #9af0f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5be9ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.432,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86026,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BE9EF

secondary

#BC3833

accent

#1007DF

background

#FCFFFF

surface

#F6FEFE

border

#D0D6D6

text

#0F1617

muted

#808585

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BE9EF

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →