#5BC3CE#5BC3CE

#5BC3CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3CE
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 5.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -26.89, -14.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 30.62, 208.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76% -0.0882 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.097 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9655, 45.7072, 65.3603)
Luminance	0.4571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3CE #CE665B

analogous

#5BCE9F #5BC3CE #5B89CE

triadic

#5BC3CE #CE5BC3 #C3CE5B

tetradic

#5BC3CE #9F5BCE #CE665B #89CE5B

square

#5BC3CE #9F5BCE #CE665B #89CE5B

split-complementary

#5BC3CE #CE5B89 #CE9F5B

monochromatic

#287D86 #36A9B6 #5BC3CE #8AD4DC #B9E5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC3CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#5BC3CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3CE

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3CE	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5dd',
    500: '#5bc3ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3ce;
$custom-light: #94d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76001,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3CE

secondary

#D9B0AB

accent

#584ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3CE

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

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