#5BC6CD#5BC6CD

#5BC6CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC6CD
RGB	rgb(91, 198, 205)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(184, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 3.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.20, -28.64, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.20, 31.38, 204.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0918 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5233, 47.0166, 64.9488)
Luminance	0.4702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC6CD #CD625B

analogous

#5BCD9B #5BC6CD #5B8DCD

triadic

#5BC6CD #CD5BC6 #C6CD5B

tetradic

#5BC6CD #9B5BCD #CD625B #8DCD5B

square

#5BC6CD #9B5BCD #CD625B #8DCD5B

split-complementary

#5BC6CD #CD5B8D #CD9B5B

monochromatic

#297F85 #37ACB4 #5BC6CD #8AD6DB #B9E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#5BC6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.40

#5BC6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6CD

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC6CD	1.00	2.02	10.40	10.40
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7dc',
    500: '#5bc6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc6cd;
$custom-light: #94d7dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.684,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76671,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC6CD

secondary

#D9AEAB

accent

#544BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6CD

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

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