#5BC3CF#5BC3CF

#5BC3CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC3CF
RGB	rgb(91, 195, 207)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.39, -26.61, -15.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.39, 30.62, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0877 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.097 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0874, 45.7559, 66.0021)
Luminance	0.4576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC3CF #CF675B

analogous

#5BCFA1 #5BC3CF #5B89CF

triadic

#5BC3CF #CF5BC3 #C3CF5B

tetradic

#5BC3CF #A15BCF #CF675B #89CF5B

square

#5BC3CF #A15BCF #CF675B #89CF5B

split-complementary

#5BC3CF #CF5B89 #CFA15B

monochromatic

#287E88 #36AAB7 #5BC3CF #8AD4DD #BAE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#5BC3CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#5BC3CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC3CF

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC3CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC3CF	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BCD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3AECF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc3cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 195, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d5dd',
    500: '#5bc3cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc3cf;
$custom-light: #94d5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc3cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.207,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76037,
    "c": 0.09724,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC3CF

secondary

#DAB1AC

accent

#594ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC3CF

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

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