#5BC3CD#5BC3CD

#5BC3CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3CD
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -27.16, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 30.63, 207.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0886 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.097 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8444, 45.6588, 64.7225)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3CD #CD655B

analogous

#5BCD9E #5BC3CD #5B8ACD

triadic

#5BC3CD #CD5BC3 #C3CD5B

tetradic

#5BC3CD #9E5BCD #CD655B #8ACD5B

square

#5BC3CD #9E5BCD #CD655B #8ACD5B

split-complementary

#5BC3CD #CD5B8A #CD9E5B

monochromatic

#297D85 #37A9B4 #5BC3CD #8AD4DB #B9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#5BC3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3CD

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3CD	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BCCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5dc',
    500: '#5bc3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3cd;
$custom-light: #94d5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.263,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75965,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3CD

secondary

#D9AFAB

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3CD

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

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