#5BC5CF#5BC5CF

#5BC5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.098 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5CF
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 207)
HSL	hsl(185, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 4.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -27.59, -14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 31.06, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0899 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.098 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5385, 46.6582, 66.1524)
Luminance	0.4666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5CF #CF655B

analogous

#5BCF9F #5BC5CF #5B8BCF

triadic

#5BC5CF #CF5BC5 #C5CF5B

tetradic

#5BC5CF #9F5BCF #CF655B #8BCF5B

square

#5BC5CF #9F5BCF #CF655B #8BCF5B

split-complementary

#5BC5CF #CF5B8B #CF9F5B

monochromatic

#288088 #36ACB7 #5BC5CF #8AD6DD #BAE6EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#5BC5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#5BC5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5CF

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5CF	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)

#B7BED0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.098 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7dd',
    500: '#5bc5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5cf;
$custom-light: #94d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.172,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76507,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5CF

secondary

#DAB0AC

accent

#574ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5CF

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

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