#5BC8DD#5BC8DD

#5BC8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.103 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC8DD
RGB	rgb(91, 200, 221)
HSL	hsl(190, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -25.12, -19.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 32.02, 218.31°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0875 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.103 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.0145, 48.7494, 75.7988)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC8DD #DD705B

analogous

#5BDDB1 #5BC8DD #5B87DD

triadic

#5BC8DD #DD5BC8 #C8DD5B

tetradic

#5BC8DD #B15BDD #DD705B #87DD5B

square

#5BC8DD #B15BDD #DD705B #87DD5B

split-complementary

#5BC8DD #DD5B87 #DDB15B

monochromatic

#21899D #2BB5D0 #5BC8DD #8ED9E8 #C0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#5BC8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC8DD

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC8DD	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B3DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 200, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.103 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e7',
    500: '#5bc8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc8dd;
$custom-light: #95d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77722,
    "c": 0.10334,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC8DD

secondary

#E2B9B1

accent

#3518CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC8DD

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

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