#5BF9E6#5BF9E6

#5BF9E6 is a very light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.757; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.134 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BF9E6
RGB	rgb(91, 249, 230)
HSL	hsl(173, 93%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 0%, 7.6%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.71, -45.50, -3.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.71, 45.60, 183.91°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.1339 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.134 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.4664, 75.6829, 86.6908)
Luminance	0.7569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BF9E6 #F95B6E

analogous

#5BF997 #5BF9E6 #5BBDF9

triadic

#5BF9E6 #E65BF9 #F9E65B

tetradic

#5BF9E6 #975BF9 #F95B6E #BDF95B

square

#5BF9E6 #975BF9 #F95B6E #BDF95B

split-complementary

#5BF9E6 #F95BBD #F9975B

monochromatic

#08D2BA #20F7DD #5BF9E6 #96FBEF #D1FDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#5BF9E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.14

#5BF9E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BF9E6

16.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BF9E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BF9E6	1.00	1.30	16.14	16.14
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEECE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6DAE8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00FEF3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bf9e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 249, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.134 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9bfced',
    500: '#5bf9e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bf9e6;
$custom-light: #9bfced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bf9e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 249,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.785,
    "s": 92.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89465,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.75689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BF9E6

secondary

#CD2B3F

accent

#001CE6

background

#FCFFFE

surface

#F6FFFD

border

#D0D7D5

text

#101716

muted

#808584

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BF9E6

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

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