#5BC9DC#5BC9DC

#5BC9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.103 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9DC
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 220)
HSL	hsl(189, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -25.91, -18.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 32.08, 216.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.92% -0.0889 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(77.92% 0.103 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1140, 49.1609, 75.1767)
Luminance	0.4916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9DC #DC6E5B

analogous

#5BDCAE #5BC9DC #5B88DC

triadic

#5BC9DC #DC5BC9 #C9DC5B

tetradic

#5BC9DC #AE5BDC #DC6E5B #88DC5B

square

#5BC9DC #AE5BDC #DC6E5B #88DC5B

split-complementary

#5BC9DC #DC5B88 #DCAE5B

monochromatic

#21899B #2CB6CE #5BC9DC #8DDAE7 #C0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BC9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#5BC9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9DC

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9DC	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C2DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.103 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e6',
    500: '#5bc9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9dc;
$custom-light: #95d9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.837,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77917,
    "c": 0.10323,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9DC

secondary

#E2B8B1

accent

#3319CD

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9DC

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

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