#5BC9D7#5BC9D7

#5BC9D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.102 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9D7
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 215)
HSL	hsl(187, 61%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -27.32, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 31.90, 211.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0909 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.102 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.4617, 48.9000, 71.7412)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9D7 #D7695B

analogous

#5BD7A7 #5BC9D7 #5B8BD7

triadic

#5BC9D7 #D75BC9 #C9D75B

tetradic

#5BC9D7 #A75BD7 #D7695B #8BD75B

square

#5BC9D7 #A75BD7 #D7695B #8BD75B

split-complementary

#5BC9D7 #D75B8B #D7A75B

monochromatic

#248794 #30B4C5 #5BC9D7 #8CD9E3 #BDE9EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#5BC9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#5BC9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9D7

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9D7	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B4D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.102 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e3',
    500: '#5bc9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9d7;
$custom-light: #95d9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77733,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9D7

secondary

#DFB4AF

accent

#5644E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9D7

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

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