#5BC0CD#5BC0CD

#5BC0CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.095 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0CD
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -25.68, -15.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 29.98, 211.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.0853 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.095 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.1790, 44.3279, 64.5007)
Luminance	0.4433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0CD #CD685B

analogous

#5BCDA1 #5BC0CD #5B87CD

triadic

#5BC0CD #CD5BC0 #C0CD5B

tetradic

#5BC0CD #A15BCD #CD685B #87CD5B

square

#5BC0CD #A15BCD #CD685B #87CD5B

split-complementary

#5BC0CD #CD5B87 #CDA15B

monochromatic

#297A85 #37A6B4 #5BC0CD #8AD2DB #B9E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#5BC0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#5BC0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0CD

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0CD	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.095 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3dc',
    500: '#5bc0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0cd;
$custom-light: #93d3dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7526,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0CD

secondary

#D9B0AB

accent

#5C4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0CD

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

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