#5BC3C8#5BC3C8

#5BC3C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.096 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3C8
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 200)
HSL	hsl(183, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 2.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -28.54, -11.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 30.83, 202.24°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0906 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.096 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.2505, 45.4212, 61.5946)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3C8 #C8605B

analogous

#5BC896 #5BC3C8 #5B8DC8

triadic

#5BC3C8 #C85BC3 #C3C85B

tetradic

#5BC3C8 #965BC8 #C8605B #8DC85B

square

#5BC3C8 #965BC8 #C8605B #8DC85B

split-complementary

#5BC3C8 #C85B8D #C8965B

monochromatic

#2A7A7E #3AA7AC #5BC3C8 #89D4D7 #B7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#5BC3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3C8

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3C8	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BBC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AEC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.096 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5d8',
    500: '#5bc3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3c8;
$custom-light: #93d5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75789,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3C8

secondary

#D6ABA9

accent

#554FD9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3C8

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

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