#5BC8CD#5BC8CD

#5BC8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.100 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8CD
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 205)
HSL	hsl(183, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -29.61, -11.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 31.93, 202.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.094 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.1 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9835, 47.9370, 65.1022)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8CD #CD605B

analogous

#5BCD99 #5BC8CD #5B8FCD

triadic

#5BC8CD #CD5BC8 #C8CD5B

tetradic

#5BC8CD #995BCD #CD605B #8FCD5B

square

#5BC8CD #995BCD #CD605B #8FCD5B

split-complementary

#5BC8CD #CD5B8F #CD995B

monochromatic

#298185 #37AEB4 #5BC8CD #8AD8DB #B9E7EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#5BC8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8CD

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8CD	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.100 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9dc',
    500: '#5bc8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8cd;
$custom-light: #94d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77143,
    "c": 0.09962,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8CD

secondary

#D9ADAB

accent

#524BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8CD

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

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