#5BC4C8#5BC4C8

#5BC4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.097 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4C8
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 2%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -29.03, -11.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 31.13, 201.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.02% -0.0917 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(76.02% 0.097 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4753, 45.8708, 61.6695)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4C8 #C85F5B

analogous

#5BC896 #5BC4C8 #5B8EC8

triadic

#5BC4C8 #C85BC4 #C4C85B

tetradic

#5BC4C8 #965BC8 #C85F5B #8EC85B

square

#5BC4C8 #965BC8 #C85F5B #8EC85B

split-complementary

#5BC4C8 #C85B8E #C8965B

monochromatic

#2A7B7E #3AA8AC #5BC4C8 #89D4D7 #B7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#5BC4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#5BC4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4C8

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4C8	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BCC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6AFC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.097 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d6d8',
    500: '#5bc4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4c8;
$custom-light: #93d6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76025,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4C8

secondary

#D6ABA9

accent

#544FD9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4C8

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

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