#5BC5D9#5BC5D9

#5BC5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC5D9
RGB	rgb(91, 197, 217)
HSL	hsl(190, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(190, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -24.77, -19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 31.35, 217.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.0859 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.101 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7999, 47.1628, 72.7962)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC5D9 #D96F5B

analogous

#5BD9AE #5BC5D9 #5B86D9

triadic

#5BC5D9 #D95BC5 #C5D95B

tetradic

#5BC5D9 #AE5BD9 #D96F5B #86D95B

square

#5BC5D9 #AE5BD9 #D96F5B #86D95B

split-complementary

#5BC5D9 #D95B86 #D9AE5B

monochromatic

#238497 #2EB0C8 #5BC5D9 #8DD7E5 #BEE8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#5BC5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC5D9

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC5D9	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5BFDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 197, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d6e4',
    500: '#5bc5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc5d9;
$custom-light: #95d6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76874,
    "c": 0.10103,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC5D9

secondary

#E0B7B0

accent

#371BCA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC5D9

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

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