#5BC9CF#5BC9CF

#5BC9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.100 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9CF
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 207)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(183, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 2.9%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -29.54, -12.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 32.09, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0942 -0.0346)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.1 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4588, 48.4988, 66.4592)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9CF #CF615B

analogous

#5BCF9B #5BC9CF #5B8FCF

triadic

#5BC9CF #CF5BC9 #C9CF5B

tetradic

#5BC9CF #9B5BCF #CF615B #8FCF5B

square

#5BC9CF #9B5BCF #CF615B #8FCF5B

split-complementary

#5BC9CF #CF5B8F #CF9B5B

monochromatic

#288388 #36B0B7 #5BC9CF #8AD9DD #BAE8EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BC9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#5BC9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9CF

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9CF	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC1D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B3D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.100 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94d9dd',
    500: '#5bc9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9cf;
$custom-light: #94d9dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.103,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77448,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9CF

secondary

#DAAEAC

accent

#514ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9CF

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

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