#5BC6CF#5BC6CF

#5BC6CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BC6CF
RGBrgb(91, 198, 207)
HSLhsl(185, 55%, 58%)
HSVhsv(185, 56%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(56%, 4.3%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.26, -28.08, -13.83)
CIE-LCHlch(74.26, 31.30, 206.22°)
OKLaboklab(76.74% -0.091 -0.0382)
OKLCHoklch(76.74% 0.099 202.8)
XYZxyz(35.7663, 47.1138, 66.2284)
Luminance0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BC6CF #CF645B
analogous
#5BCF9E #5BC6CF #5B8CCF
triadic
#5BC6CF #CF5BC6 #C6CF5B
tetradic
#5BC6CF #9E5BCF #CF645B #8CCF5B
square
#5BC6CF #9E5BCF #CF645B #8CCF5B
split-complementary
#5BC6CF #CF5B8C #CF9E5B
monochromatic
#288088 #36ADB7 #5BC6CF #8AD6DD #BAE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#5BC6CF on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42
#5BC6CF on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC6CF
10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BC6CF#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BC6CF1.002.0110.4210.42
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4221.001.001.00
##00000010.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9BED0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A6B1D0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00CDC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bc6cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 198, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.099 202.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d7dd',
    500: '#5bc6cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bc6cf;
$custom-light: #94d7dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bc6cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.655,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76742,
    "c": 0.0987,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BC6CF
secondary
#DAAFAC
accent
#554ADE
background
#F9FDFD
surface
#F2FAFB
border
#CCD3D4
text
#0E1415
muted
#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC6CF

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#5BC6CF Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva