#5BC8DC#5BC8DC

#5BC8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.103 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8DC
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -25.41, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 31.95, 217.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0879 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.103 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.8817, 48.6962, 75.0992)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8DC #DC6F5B

analogous

#5BDCAF #5BC8DC #5B87DC

triadic

#5BC8DC #DC5BC8 #C8DC5B

tetradic

#5BC8DC #AF5BDC #DC6F5B #87DC5B

square

#5BC8DC #AF5BDC #DC6F5B #87DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC8DC #DC5B87 #DCAF5B

monochromatic

#21889B #2CB5CE #5BC8DC #8DD9E7 #C0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#5BC8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8DC

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8DC	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.103 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e6',
    500: '#5bc8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8dc;
$custom-light: #95d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77684,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8DC

secondary

#E2B9B1

accent

#3519CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8DC

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

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