#5BC2CE#5BC2CE

#5BC2CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2CE
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -26.39, -15.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 30.40, 209.76°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0871 -0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.097 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7422, 45.2606, 65.2858)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2CE #CE675B

analogous

#5BCEA0 #5BC2CE #5B88CE

triadic

#5BC2CE #CE5BC2 #C2CE5B

tetradic

#5BC2CE #A05BCE #CE675B #88CE5B

square

#5BC2CE #A05BCE #CE675B #88CE5B

split-complementary

#5BC2CE #CE5B88 #CEA05B

monochromatic

#287D86 #36A8B6 #5BC2CE #8AD4DC #B9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#5BC2CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#5BC2CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2CE

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2CE	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4dd',
    500: '#5bc2ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2ce;
$custom-light: #94d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.261,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75766,
    "c": 0.09656,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2CE

secondary

#D9B0AB

accent

#5A4ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2CE

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

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