#5BC9DB#5BC9DB

#5BC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.103 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9DB
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.52, -26.19, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.52, 32.03, 215.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0893 -0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.103 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9820, 49.1081, 74.4813)
Luminance	0.4911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9DB #DB6D5B

analogous

#5BDBAD #5BC9DB #5B89DB

triadic

#5BC9DB #DB5BC9 #C9DB5B

tetradic

#5BC9DB #AD5BDB #DB6D5B #89DB5B

square

#5BC9DB #AD5BDB #DB6D5B #89DB5B

split-complementary

#5BC9DB #DB5B89 #DBAD5B

monochromatic

#22899A #2DB6CC #5BC9DB #8DDAE6 #BFEAF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#5BC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9DB

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9DB	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.103 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e6',
    500: '#5bc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9db;
$custom-light: #95d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7788,
    "c": 0.10289,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9DB

secondary

#E1B7B1

accent

#331ACC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9DB

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

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