#5BC0CE#5BC0CE

#5BC0CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.096 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC0CE
RGB	rgb(91, 192, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 6.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, -25.40, -15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 30.00, 212.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% -0.0849 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.096 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.3001, 44.3764, 65.1384)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC0CE #CE695B

analogous

#5BCEA2 #5BC0CE #5B86CE

triadic

#5BC0CE #CE5BC0 #C0CE5B

tetradic

#5BC0CE #A25BCE #CE695B #86CE5B

square

#5BC0CE #A25BCE #CE695B #86CE5B

split-complementary

#5BC0CE #CE5B86 #CEA25B

monochromatic

#287B86 #36A6B6 #5BC0CE #8AD2DC #B9E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#5BC0CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#5BC0CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC0CE

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC0CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC0CE	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B9CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0ACCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc0ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 192, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.096 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d3dd',
    500: '#5bc0ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc0ce;
$custom-light: #93d3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc0ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.304,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75297,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC0CE

secondary

#D9B1AB

accent

#5C4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC0CE

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

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