#5BC4CD#5BC4CD

#5BC4CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.097 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4CD
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 205)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 4.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -27.66, -13.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 30.87, 206.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0896 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.097 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.0692, 46.1084, 64.7974)
Luminance	0.4611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4CD #CD645B

analogous

#5BCD9D #5BC4CD #5B8BCD

triadic

#5BC4CD #CD5BC4 #C4CD5B

tetradic

#5BC4CD #9D5BCD #CD645B #8BCD5B

square

#5BC4CD #9D5BCD #CD645B #8BCD5B

split-complementary

#5BC4CD #CD5B8B #CD9D5B

monochromatic

#297E85 #37AAB4 #5BC4CD #8AD5DB #B9E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#5BC4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4CD

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4CD	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.097 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6dc',
    500: '#5bc4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4cd;
$custom-light: #94d6dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76201,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4CD

secondary

#D9AFAB

accent

#574BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4CD

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

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