#5BC9D5#5BC9D5

#5BC9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.101 H 205.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9D5
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 213)
HSL	hsl(186, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.33, -27.88, -15.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.33, 31.89, 209.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0917 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.101 205)
XYZ	xyz(37.2063, 48.7978, 70.3960)
Luminance	0.4880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9D5 #D5675B

analogous

#5BD5A4 #5BC9D5 #5B8CD5

triadic

#5BC9D5 #D55BC9 #C9D55B

tetradic

#5BC9D5 #A45BD5 #D5675B #8CD55B

square

#5BC9D5 #A45BD5 #D5675B #8CD55B

split-complementary

#5BC9D5 #D55B8C #D5A45B

monochromatic

#258691 #32B3C1 #5BC9D5 #8CD9E1 #BCE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#5BC9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9D5

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9D5	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.101 205.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e1',
    500: '#5bc9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9d5;
$custom-light: #95d9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7766,
    "c": 0.10125,
    "h": 205
  },
  "luminance": 0.48802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9D5

secondary

#DEB3AE

accent

#5545E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9D5

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

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