#5BC4D8#5BC4D8

#5BC4D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.100 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC4D8
RGB	rgb(91, 196, 216)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 9.3%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -24.56, -19.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 31.14, 217.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0852 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.1 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.4440, 46.6583, 72.0378)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC4D8 #D86F5B

analogous

#5BD8AD #5BC4D8 #5B85D8

triadic

#5BC4D8 #D85BC4 #C4D85B

tetradic

#5BC4D8 #AD5BD8 #D86F5B #85D85B

square

#5BC4D8 #AD5BD8 #D86F5B #85D85B

split-complementary

#5BC4D8 #D85B85 #D8AD5B

monochromatic

#238395 #2FAEC7 #5BC4D8 #8CD6E4 #BEE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5BC4D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#5BC4D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC4D8

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC4D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC4D8	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B0D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc4d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 196, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.100 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e4',
    500: '#5bc4d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc4d8;
$custom-light: #95d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc4d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76604,
    "c": 0.10038,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC4D8

secondary

#DFB7AF

accent

#381CC9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC4D8

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

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