#5BBDC8#5BBDC8

#5BBDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.093 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDC8
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(186, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -25.58, -14.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 29.31, 209.22°)
OKLab	oklab(74.37% -0.0841 -0.0395)
OKLCH	oklch(74.37% 0.093 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.9331, 42.7864, 61.1554)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDC8 #C8665B

analogous

#5BC89D #5BBDC8 #5B87C8

triadic

#5BBDC8 #C85BBD #BDC85B

tetradic

#5BBDC8 #9D5BC8 #C8665B #87C85B

square

#5BBDC8 #9D5BC8 #C8665B #87C85B

split-complementary

#5BBDC8 #C85B87 #C89D5B

monochromatic

#2A767E #3AA1AC #5BBDC8 #89CFD7 #B7E2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#5BBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#5BBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDC8

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDC8	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA9C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.093 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1d8',
    500: '#5bbdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdc8;
$custom-light: #93d1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.055,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74373,
    "c": 0.0929,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDC8

secondary

#D6AEA9

accent

#5D4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDC8

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

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