#5BC8D6#5BC8D6

#5BC8D6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.101 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8D6
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 214)
HSL	hsl(187, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.07, -27.11, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.07, 31.69, 211.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0903 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.101 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1013, 48.3841, 70.9891)
Luminance	0.4839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8D6 #D6695B

analogous

#5BD6A6 #5BC8D6 #5B8BD6

triadic

#5BC8D6 #D65BC8 #C8D65B

tetradic

#5BC8D6 #A65BD6 #D6695B #8BD65B

square

#5BC8D6 #A65BD6 #D6695B #8BD65B

split-complementary

#5BC8D6 #D65B8B #D6A65B

monochromatic

#258692 #31B2C3 #5BC8D6 #8CD8E2 #BDE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC8D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5BC8D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8D6

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8D6	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.101 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e2',
    500: '#5bc8d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8d6;
$custom-light: #95d9e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.829,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77463,
    "c": 0.10105,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8D6

secondary

#DEB4AF

accent

#5745E3

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8D6

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

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