#5BCAC8#5BCAC8

#5BCAC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.101 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAC8
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 200)
HSL	hsl(179, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 0%, 1%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -31.92, -8.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 33.06, 195.09°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0982 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.101 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8558, 48.6318, 62.1297)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAC8 #CA5B5D

analogous

#5BCA91 #5BCAC8 #5B94CA

triadic

#5BCAC8 #C85BCA #CAC85B

tetradic

#5BCAC8 #915BCA #CA5B5D #94CA5B

square

#5BCAC8 #915BCA #CA5B5D #94CA5B

split-complementary

#5BCAC8 #CA5B94 #CA915B

monochromatic

#2A817F #39AFAD #5BCAC8 #89D9D8 #B8E8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#5BCAC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#5BCAC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAC8

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAC8	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC1C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcac8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.101 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dad8',
    500: '#5bcac8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcac8;
$custom-light: #94dad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcac8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.919,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77445,
    "c": 0.1011,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAC8

secondary

#D7AAAB

accent

#4D50DB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAC8

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

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