#5BC8D9#5BC8D9

#5BC8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.102 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8D9
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -26.27, -17.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 31.78, 214.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0891 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.102 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4879, 48.5387, 73.0255)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8D9 #D96C5B

analogous

#5BD9AB #5BC8D9 #5B89D9

triadic

#5BC8D9 #D95BC8 #C8D95B

tetradic

#5BC8D9 #AB5BD9 #D96C5B #89D95B

square

#5BC8D9 #AB5BD9 #D96C5B #89D95B

split-complementary

#5BC8D9 #D95B89 #D9AB5B

monochromatic

#238797 #2EB4C8 #5BC8D9 #8DD9E5 #BEE9F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5BC8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8D9

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8D9	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.102 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e4',
    500: '#5bc8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8d9;
$custom-light: #95d9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77573,
    "c": 0.10192,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8D9

secondary

#E0B6B0

accent

#331BCA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8D9

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

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