#5BCAD3#5BCAD3

#5BCAD3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.101 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAD3
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 211)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 4.3%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, -28.93, -14.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 32.16, 205.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0936 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.101 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.1879, 49.1647, 69.1453)
Luminance	0.4917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAD3 #D3645B

analogous

#5BD3A0 #5BCAD3 #5B8ED3

triadic

#5BCAD3 #D35BCA #CAD35B

tetradic

#5BCAD3 #A05BD3 #D3645B #8ED35B

square

#5BCAD3 #A05BD3 #D3645B #8ED35B

split-complementary

#5BCAD3 #D35B8E #D3A05B

monochromatic

#26868E #33B3BE #5BCAD3 #8BDAE0 #BCE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BCAD3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#5BCAD3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAD3

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAD3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAD3	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)

#BCC2D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcad3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.101 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dae0',
    500: '#5bcad3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcad3;
$custom-light: #95dae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcad3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77823,
    "c": 0.10138,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAD3

secondary

#DCB1AD

accent

#5247E1

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAD3

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

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