#5BC5D8#5BC5D8

#5BC5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.101 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5D8
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(189, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -25.06, -18.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 31.27, 216.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% -0.0863 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.101 211)
XYZ	xyz(36.6703, 47.1109, 72.1132)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5D8 #D86E5B

analogous

#5BD8AC #5BC5D8 #5B86D8

triadic

#5BC5D8 #D85BC5 #C5D85B

tetradic

#5BC5D8 #AC5BD8 #D86E5B #86D85B

square

#5BC5D8 #AC5BD8 #D86E5B #86D85B

split-complementary

#5BC5D8 #D85B86 #D8AC5B

monochromatic

#238495 #2FB0C7 #5BC5D8 #8CD6E4 #BEE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#5BC5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5D8

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5D8	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.101 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e4',
    500: '#5bc5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5d8;
$custom-light: #95d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76836,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.47115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5D8

secondary

#DFB7AF

accent

#371CC9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5D8

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

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