#5BC9C2#5BC9C2

#5BC9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.101 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9C2
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 194)
HSL	hsl(176, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 3.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -33.03, -6.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 33.58, 190.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0997 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.101 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.9345, 47.8891, 58.4310)
Luminance	0.4789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9C2 #C95B62

analogous

#5BC98B #5BC9C2 #5B99C9

triadic

#5BC9C2 #C25BC9 #C9C25B

tetradic

#5BC9C2 #8B5BC9 #C95B62 #99C95B

square

#5BC9C2 #8B5BC9 #C95B62 #99C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9C2 #C95B99 #C98B5B

monochromatic

#2A807A #39AEA6 #5BC9C2 #89D8D3 #B7E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#5BC9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#5BC9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9C2

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9C2	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC0C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB2C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.101 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93dad4',
    500: '#5bc9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9c2;
$custom-light: #93dad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77011,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9C2

secondary

#D6AAAC

accent

#4E57DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FAF9

border

#CCD3D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9C2

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

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