#5BC9CA#5BC9CA

#5BC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.100 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9CA
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(181, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -30.90, -10.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 32.49, 198.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0963 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.1 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8572, 48.2582, 63.2908)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9CA #CA5C5B

analogous

#5BCA94 #5BC9CA #5B91CA

triadic

#5BC9CA #CA5BC9 #C9CA5B

tetradic

#5BC9CA #945BCA #CA5C5B #91CA5B

square

#5BC9CA #945BCA #CA5C5B #91CA5B

split-complementary

#5BC9CA #CA5B91 #CA945B

monochromatic

#2A8081 #39AEAF #5BC9CA #89D8D9 #B8E7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#5BC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9CA

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9CA	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB3CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.100 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dada',
    500: '#5bc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ca;
$custom-light: #94dada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.541,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77276,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9CA

secondary

#D7AAAA

accent

#4E4DDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9CA

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

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