#5BC9DD#5BC9DD

#5BC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.104 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BC9DD
RGB	rgb(91, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -25.62, -19.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 32.14, 217.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.95% -0.0885 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(77.95% 0.104 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2468, 49.2141, 75.8762)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BC9DD #DD6F5B

analogous

#5BDDB0 #5BC9DD #5B88DD

triadic

#5BC9DD #DD5BC9 #C9DD5B

tetradic

#5BC9DD #B05BDD #DD6F5B #88DD5B

square

#5BC9DD #B05BDD #DD6F5B #88DD5B

split-complementary

#5BC9DD #DD5B88 #DDB05B

monochromatic

#218A9D #2BB6D0 #5BC9DD #8EDAE8 #C0EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#5BC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BC9DD

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BC9DD	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C3DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B4DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.104 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95d9e7',
    500: '#5bc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bc9dd;
$custom-light: #95d9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77954,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BC9DD

secondary

#E2B9B1

accent

#3418CE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BC9DD

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

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