#5BC4D0#5BC4D0

#5BC4D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.098 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4D0
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 208)
HSL	hsl(186, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(186, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, -26.82, -15.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 30.83, 209.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0884 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.098 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4348, 46.2546, 66.7229)
Luminance	0.4626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4D0 #D0675B

analogous

#5BD0A1 #5BC4D0 #5B89D0

triadic

#5BC4D0 #D05BC4 #C4D05B

tetradic

#5BC4D0 #A15BD0 #D0675B #89D05B

square

#5BC4D0 #A15BD0 #D0675B #89D05B

split-complementary

#5BC4D0 #D05B89 #D0A15B

monochromatic

#277F89 #35ABB9 #5BC4D0 #8BD5DE #BAE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC4D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#5BC4D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4D0

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4D0	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6BDD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.098 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d6de',
    500: '#5bc4d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4d0;
$custom-light: #94d6de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76308,
    "c": 0.09791,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4D0

secondary

#DBB1AC

accent

#5849DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4D0

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

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