#5BC9CC#5BC9CC

#5BC9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.100 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9CC
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 204)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 1.5%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -30.36, -11.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 32.30, 199.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0955 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.1 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.0955, 48.3535, 64.5460)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9CC #CC5E5B

analogous

#5BCC96 #5BC9CC #5B90CC

triadic

#5BC9CC #CC5BC9 #C9CC5B

tetradic

#5BC9CC #965BCC #CC5E5B #90CC5B

square

#5BC9CC #965BCC #CC5E5B #90CC5B

split-complementary

#5BC9CC #CC5B90 #CC965B

monochromatic

#298184 #37AFB2 #5BC9CC #8AD8DB #B8E8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#5BC9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9CC

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9CC	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC1CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.100 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9db',
    500: '#5bc9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9cc;
$custom-light: #94d9db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.593,
    "s": 52.558,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77344,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9CC

secondary

#D8ACAB

accent

#504CDC

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9CC

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

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