#5BC2CF#5BC2CF

#5BC2CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.097 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC2CF
RGB	rgb(91, 194, 207)
HSL	hsl(187, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(187, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 6.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.10, -26.11, -15.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.10, 30.41, 210.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0867 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.097 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8641, 45.3093, 65.9276)
Luminance	0.4531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC2CF #CF685B

analogous

#5BCFA2 #5BC2CF #5B88CF

triadic

#5BC2CF #CF5BC2 #C2CF5B

tetradic

#5BC2CF #A25BCF #CF685B #88CF5B

square

#5BC2CF #A25BCF #CF685B #88CF5B

split-complementary

#5BC2CF #CF5B88 #CFA25B

monochromatic

#287D88 #36A9B7 #5BC2CF #8AD4DD #BAE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#5BC2CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#5BC2CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC2CF

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC2CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC2CF	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BBD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc2cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 194, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.097 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d4dd',
    500: '#5bc2cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc2cf;
$custom-light: #94d4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc2cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.724,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75803,
    "c": 0.0968,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC2CF

secondary

#DAB1AC

accent

#5A4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC2CF

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

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