#5BC4CE#5BC4CE

#5BC4CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.098 H 203.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4CE
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 206)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 4.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -27.38, -14.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 30.85, 207.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0892 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.098 203.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.1903, 46.1568, 65.4352)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4CE #CE655B

analogous

#5BCE9E #5BC4CE #5B8ACE

triadic

#5BC4CE #CE5BC4 #C4CE5B

tetradic

#5BC4CE #9E5BCE #CE655B #8ACE5B

square

#5BC4CE #9E5BCE #CE655B #8ACE5B

split-complementary

#5BC4CE #CE5B8A #CE9E5B

monochromatic

#287E86 #36AAB6 #5BC4CE #8AD5DC #B9E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#5BC4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4CE

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4CE	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.098 203.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6dd',
    500: '#5bc4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4ce;
$custom-light: #94d6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76236,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 203.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4CE

secondary

#D9AFAB

accent

#574ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4CE

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

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