#5BC5C8#5BC5C8

#5BC5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.098 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5C8
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 200)
HSL	hsl(182, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 1.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -29.51, -10.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 31.43, 200.09°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0928 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.098 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.7016, 46.3234, 61.7449)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5C8 #C85E5B

analogous

#5BC894 #5BC5C8 #5B8FC8

triadic

#5BC5C8 #C85BC5 #C5C85B

tetradic

#5BC5C8 #945BC8 #C85E5B #8FC85B

square

#5BC5C8 #945BC8 #C85E5B #8FC85B

split-complementary

#5BC5C8 #C85B8F #C8945B

monochromatic

#2A7C7E #3AA9AC #5BC5C8 #89D5D7 #B7E5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#5BC5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#5BC5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5C8

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5C8	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.098 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7d8',
    500: '#5bc5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5c8;
$custom-light: #93d7d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76262,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5C8

secondary

#D6AAA9

accent

#524FD9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5C8

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

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