#5BC8CC#5BC8CC

#5BC8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.100 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8CC
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 2%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -29.88, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 32.00, 201.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% -0.0944 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.1 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8632, 47.8888, 64.4685)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8CC #CC5F5B

analogous

#5BCC97 #5BC8CC #5B8FCC

triadic

#5BC8CC #CC5BC8 #C8CC5B

tetradic

#5BC8CC #975BCC #CC5F5B #8FCC5B

square

#5BC8CC #975BCC #CC5F5B #8FCC5B

split-complementary

#5BC8CC #CC5B8F #CC975B

monochromatic

#298084 #37AEB2 #5BC8CC #8AD8DB #B8E7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#5BC8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8CC

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8CC	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.100 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9db',
    500: '#5bc8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8cc;
$custom-light: #94d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.124,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77108,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8CC

secondary

#D8ACAB

accent

#514CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8CC

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

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