#5BC8CB#5BC8CB

#5BC8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.100 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8CB
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 203)
HSL	hsl(182, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 1.5%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -30.15, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 32.09, 200.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0948 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.1 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7436, 47.8410, 63.8389)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8CB #CB5E5B

analogous

#5BCB96 #5BC8CB #5B90CB

triadic

#5BC8CB #CB5BC8 #C8CB5B

tetradic

#5BC8CB #965BCB #CB5E5B #90CB5B

square

#5BC8CB #965BCB #CB5E5B #90CB5B

split-complementary

#5BC8CB #CB5B90 #CB965B

monochromatic

#298082 #38AEB1 #5BC8CB #89D8DA #B8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#5BC8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8CB

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8CB	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB2CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.100 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9da',
    500: '#5bc8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8cb;
$custom-light: #94d9da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.607,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8CB

secondary

#D7ACAA

accent

#504CDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8CB

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →