#5BC1CD#5BC1CD

#5BC1CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.096 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1CD
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -26.18, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 30.19, 209.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0864 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.096 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3993, 44.7685, 64.5741)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1CD #CD675B

analogous

#5BCDA0 #5BC1CD #5B88CD

triadic

#5BC1CD #CD5BC1 #C1CD5B

tetradic

#5BC1CD #A05BCD #CD675B #88CD5B

square

#5BC1CD #A05BCD #CD675B #88CD5B

split-complementary

#5BC1CD #CD5B88 #CDA05B

monochromatic

#297B85 #37A7B4 #5BC1CD #8AD3DB #B9E4EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BC1CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#5BC1CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1CD

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1CD	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.096 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4dc',
    500: '#5bc1cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1cd;
$custom-light: #93d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75495,
    "c": 0.09588,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1CD

secondary

#D9B0AB

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1CD

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

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