#5BCAC6#5BCAC6

#5BCAC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.101 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAC6
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 198)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -32.45, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 33.33, 193.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.38% -0.0991 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(77.38% 0.101 192)
XYZ	xyz(35.6236, 48.5390, 60.9067)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAC6 #CA5B5F

analogous

#5BCA8F #5BCAC6 #5B96CA

triadic

#5BCAC6 #C65BCA #CAC65B

tetradic

#5BCAC6 #8F5BCA #CA5B5F #96CA5B

square

#5BCAC6 #8F5BCA #CA5B5F #96CA5B

split-complementary

#5BCAC6 #CA5B96 #CA8F5B

monochromatic

#2A817E #39AFAB #5BCAC6 #89D9D6 #B8E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BCAC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#5BCAC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAC6

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAC6	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB3C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcac6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.101 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad7',
    500: '#5bcac6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcac6;
$custom-light: #94dad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcac6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.838,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77379,
    "c": 0.10132,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.48542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAC6

secondary

#D7AAAC

accent

#4D52DB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAC6

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

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