#5BC9CE#5BC9CE

#5BC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9CE
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(183, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -29.82, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 32.15, 201.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0946 -0.0332)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.1 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3369, 48.4501, 65.8174)
Luminance	0.4845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9CE #CE605B

analogous

#5BCE99 #5BC9CE #5B8FCE

triadic

#5BC9CE #CE5BC9 #C9CE5B

tetradic

#5BC9CE #995BCE #CE605B #8FCE5B

square

#5BC9CE #995BCE #CE605B #8FCE5B

split-complementary

#5BC9CE #CE5B8F #CE995B

monochromatic

#288286 #36B0B6 #5BC9CE #8AD9DC #B9E8EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#5BC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9CE

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9CE	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9dc',
    500: '#5bc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9ce;
$custom-light: #94d9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77413,
    "c": 0.1003,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9CE

secondary

#D9ADAB

accent

#514ADD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9CE

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

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