#5BBDCD#5BBDCD

#5BBDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.094 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDCD
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, -24.18, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 29.44, 214.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% -0.082 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.094 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.5270, 43.0239, 64.2834)
Luminance	0.4303 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDCD #CD6B5B

analogous

#5BCDA4 #5BBDCD #5B84CD

triadic

#5BBDCD #CD5BBD #BDCD5B

tetradic

#5BBDCD #A45BCD #CD6B5B #84CD5B

square

#5BBDCD #A45BCD #CD6B5B #84CD5B

split-complementary

#5BBDCD #CD5B84 #CDA45B

monochromatic

#297885 #37A2B4 #5BBDCD #8AD0DB #B9E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#5BBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.61

#5BBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDCD

9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDCD	1.00	2.19	9.61	9.61
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB7CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.094 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1dc',
    500: '#5bbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdcd;
$custom-light: #93d1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74557,
    "c": 0.09428,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDCD

secondary

#D9B2AB

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDCD

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

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