#5BC8CE#5BC8CE

#5BC8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.100 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8CE
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 2.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.82, -29.33, -12.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.82, 31.87, 203.01°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0935 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.1 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.1046, 47.9854, 65.7400)
Luminance	0.4799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8CE #CE615B

analogous

#5BCE9A #5BC8CE #5B8ECE

triadic

#5BC8CE #CE5BC8 #C8CE5B

tetradic

#5BC8CE #9A5BCE #CE615B #8ECE5B

square

#5BC8CE #9A5BCE #CE615B #8ECE5B

split-complementary

#5BC8CE #CE5B8E #CE9A5B

monochromatic

#288286 #36AFB6 #5BC8CE #8AD8DC #B9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#5BC8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#5BC8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8CE

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8CE	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B2CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.100 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9dc',
    500: '#5bc8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8ce;
$custom-light: #94d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77177,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8CE

secondary

#D9AEAB

accent

#524ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8CE

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

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