#5BC3CA#5BC3CA

#5BC3CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3CA
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 202)
HSL	hsl(184, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 3.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -27.99, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 30.73, 204.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0898 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4858, 45.5153, 62.8336)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3CA #CA625B

analogous

#5BCA9A #5BC3CA #5B8BCA

triadic

#5BC3CA #CA5BC3 #C3CA5B

tetradic

#5BC3CA #9A5BCA #CA625B #8BCA5B

square

#5BC3CA #9A5BCA #CA625B #8BCA5B

split-complementary

#5BC3CA #CA5B8B #CA9A5B

monochromatic

#2A7B81 #39A8AF #5BC3CA #89D4D9 #B8E5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#5BC3CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#5BC3CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3CA

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3CA	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BBCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d5da',
    500: '#5bc3ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3ca;
$custom-light: #93d5da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.784,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75859,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3CA

secondary

#D7ADAA

accent

#564DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3CA

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

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