#5BC5CA#5BC5CA

#5BC5CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5CA
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 202)
HSL	hsl(183, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 2.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -28.97, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 31.28, 202.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.092 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9369, 46.4175, 62.9840)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5CA #CA605B

analogous

#5BCA98 #5BC5CA #5B8DCA

triadic

#5BC5CA #CA5BC5 #C5CA5B

tetradic

#5BC5CA #985BCA #CA605B #8DCA5B

square

#5BC5CA #985BCA #CA605B #8DCA5B

split-complementary

#5BC5CA #CA5B8D #CA985B

monochromatic

#2A7D81 #39AAAF #5BC5CA #89D5D9 #B8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC5CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#5BC5CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5CA

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5CA	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BDCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B0CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d7da',
    500: '#5bc5ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5ca;
$custom-light: #93d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76331,
    "c": 0.09758,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5CA

secondary

#D7ACAA

accent

#544DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5CA

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

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