#5BBDCE#5BBDCE

#5BBDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.095 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBDCE
RGB	rgb(91, 189, 206)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 8.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.60, -23.90, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.60, 29.50, 215.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% -0.0816 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.095 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.6481, 43.0724, 64.9211)
Luminance	0.4308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBDCE #CE6C5B

analogous

#5BCEA6 #5BBDCE #5B83CE

triadic

#5BBDCE #CE5BBD #BDCE5B

tetradic

#5BBDCE #A65BCE #CE6C5B #83CE5B

square

#5BBDCE #A65BCE #CE6C5B #83CE5B

split-complementary

#5BBDCE #CE5B83 #CEA65B

monochromatic

#287886 #36A3B6 #5BBDCE #8AD0DC #B9E3EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#5BBDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#5BBDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBDCE

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBDCE	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DAACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 189, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.095 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d1dd',
    500: '#5bbdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbdce;
$custom-light: #93d1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.87,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74594,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBDCE

secondary

#D9B2AB

accent

#604ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBDCE

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

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