#5BC9DA#5BC9DA

#5BC9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.103 H 209.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9DA
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(188, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, -26.48, -17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 31.98, 214.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.0897 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.103 209)
XYZ	xyz(37.8507, 49.0556, 73.7900)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9DA #DA6C5B

analogous

#5BDAAB #5BC9DA #5B8ADA

triadic

#5BC9DA #DA5BC9 #C9DA5B

tetradic

#5BC9DA #AB5BDA #DA6C5B #8ADA5B

square

#5BC9DA #AB5BDA #DA6C5B #8ADA5B

split-complementary

#5BC9DA #DA5B8A #DAAB5B

monochromatic

#228898 #2EB5CA #5BC9DA #8DD9E5 #BFEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#5BC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9DA

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9DA	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.103 209.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e5',
    500: '#5bc9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9da;
$custom-light: #95d9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.031,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77843,
    "c": 0.10256,
    "h": 209
  },
  "luminance": 0.49059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9DA

secondary

#E1B7B0

accent

#321BCB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9DA

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

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