#5BC5CD#5BC5CD

#5BC5CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.098 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5CD
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 3.9%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -28.15, -13.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 31.12, 205.26°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0907 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.098 202)
XYZ	xyz(35.2955, 46.5610, 64.8729)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5CD #CD635B

analogous

#5BCD9C #5BC5CD #5B8CCD

triadic

#5BC5CD #CD5BC5 #C5CD5B

tetradic

#5BC5CD #9C5BCD #CD635B #8CCD5B

square

#5BC5CD #9C5BCD #CD635B #8CCD5B

split-complementary

#5BC5CD #CD5B8C #CD9C5B

monochromatic

#297F85 #37ABB4 #5BC5CD #8AD6DB #B9E6EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#5BC5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#5BC5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5CD

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5CD	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8BDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.098 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7dc',
    500: '#5bc5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5cd;
$custom-light: #94d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76436,
    "c": 0.09788,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.46564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5CD

secondary

#D9AEAB

accent

#554BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5CD

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

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