#5BC9C8#5BC9C8

#5BC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.100 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9C8
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -31.44, -9.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 32.71, 196.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.21% -0.0972 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(77.21% 0.1 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6219, 48.1641, 62.0517)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9C8 #C95B5C

analogous

#5BC991 #5BC9C8 #5B93C9

triadic

#5BC9C8 #C85BC9 #C9C85B

tetradic

#5BC9C8 #915BC9 #C95B5C #93C95B

square

#5BC9C8 #915BC9 #C95B5C #93C95B

split-complementary

#5BC9C8 #C95B93 #C9915B

monochromatic

#2A807F #39AEAD #5BC9C8 #89D8D7 #B7E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#5BC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9C8

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9C8	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.100 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad8',
    500: '#5bc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9c8;
$custom-light: #94dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77208,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9C8

secondary

#D6AAAA

accent

#4E4FDA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9C8

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

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