#5BC5CB#5BC5CB

#5BC5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.098 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5CB
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.85, -28.70, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.85, 31.22, 203.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0916 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.098 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0557, 46.4650, 63.6096)
Luminance	0.4647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5CB #CB615B

analogous

#5BCB99 #5BC5CB #5B8DCB

triadic

#5BC5CB #CB5BC5 #C5CB5B

tetradic

#5BC5CB #995BCB #CB615B #8DCB5B

square

#5BC5CB #995BCB #CB615B #8DCB5B

split-complementary

#5BC5CB #CB5B8D #CB995B

monochromatic

#297E82 #38AAB1 #5BC5CB #89D5DA #B8E6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#5BC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5CB

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5CB	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.098 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7da',
    500: '#5bc5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5cb;
$custom-light: #94d7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76366,
    "c": 0.09766,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5CB

secondary

#D7ADAA

accent

#544CDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5CB

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

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