#5BC1CE#5BC1CE

#5BC1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.096 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC1CE
RGB	rgb(91, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(187, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -25.90, -15.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 30.20, 210.95°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.086 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.096 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.5204, 44.8170, 65.2119)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC1CE #CE685B

analogous

#5BCEA2 #5BC1CE #5B87CE

triadic

#5BC1CE #CE5BC1 #C1CE5B

tetradic

#5BC1CE #A25BCE #CE685B #87CE5B

square

#5BC1CE #A25BCE #CE685B #87CE5B

split-complementary

#5BC1CE #CE5B87 #CEA25B

monochromatic

#287C86 #36A7B6 #5BC1CE #8AD3DC #B9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#5BC1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#5BC1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC1CE

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC1CE	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1ADCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.096 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4dd',
    500: '#5bc1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc1ce;
$custom-light: #93d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.783,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75532,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC1CE

secondary

#D9B1AB

accent

#5B4ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC1CE

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

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