#5BC9CD#5BC9CD

#5BC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9CD
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.08, -30.09, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.08, 32.22, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.095 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.1 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2159, 48.4017, 65.1797)
Luminance	0.4840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9CD #CD5F5B

analogous

#5BCD98 #5BC9CD #5B90CD

triadic

#5BC9CD #CD5BC9 #C9CD5B

tetradic

#5BC9CD #985BCD #CD5F5B #90CD5B

square

#5BC9CD #985BCD #CD5F5B #90CD5B

split-complementary

#5BC9CD #CD5B90 #CD985B

monochromatic

#298285 #37B0B4 #5BC9CD #8AD8DB #B9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#5BC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#5BC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9CD

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9CD	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9dc',
    500: '#5bc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9cd;
$custom-light: #94d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77378,
    "c": 0.10025,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9CD

secondary

#D9ADAB

accent

#504BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9CD

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

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