#5BC8BC#5BC8BC

#5BC8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.102 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8BC
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 188)
HSL	hsl(173, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(173, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 0%, 6%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -34.11, -3.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 34.29, 185.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% -0.1013 -0.0099)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.102 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0418, 47.1603, 54.8761)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8BC #C85B67

analogous

#5BC885 #5BC8BC #5B9EC8

triadic

#5BC8BC #BC5BC8 #C8BC5B

tetradic

#5BC8BC #855BC8 #C85B67 #9EC85B

square

#5BC8BC #855BC8 #C85B67 #9EC85B

split-complementary

#5BC8BC #C85B9E #C8855B

monochromatic

#2A7E75 #3AAC9F #5BC8BC #89D7CF #B7E7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#5BC8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#5BC8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8BC

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8BC	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)

#BFBEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.102 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93d9d0',
    500: '#5bc8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8bc;
$custom-light: #93d9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.394,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76581,
    "c": 0.10174,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8BC

secondary

#D6A9AE

accent

#4F5ED9

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8BC

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

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