#5BC2CD#5BC2CD

#5BC2CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.096 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2CD
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 205)
HSL	hsl(186, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 5.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -26.67, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 30.40, 208.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0875 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.096 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6211, 45.2122, 64.6481)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2CD #CD665B

analogous

#5BCD9F #5BC2CD #5B89CD

triadic

#5BC2CD #CD5BC2 #C2CD5B

tetradic

#5BC2CD #9F5BCD #CD665B #89CD5B

square

#5BC2CD #9F5BCD #CD665B #89CD5B

split-complementary

#5BC2CD #CD5B89 #CD9F5B

monochromatic

#297C85 #37A8B4 #5BC2CD #8AD3DB #B9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#5BC2CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#5BC2CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2CD

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2CD	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.096 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d4dc',
    500: '#5bc2cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2cd;
$custom-light: #93d4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.789,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7573,
    "c": 0.09635,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2CD

secondary

#D9B0AB

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2CD

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

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