#5BCAD4#5BCAD4

#5BCAD4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAD4
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -28.65, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 32.13, 206.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% -0.0932 -0.0402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3136, 49.2150, 69.8076)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAD4 #D4655B

analogous

#5BD4A2 #5BCAD4 #5B8ED4

triadic

#5BCAD4 #D45BCA #CAD45B

tetradic

#5BCAD4 #A25BD4 #D4655B #8ED45B

square

#5BCAD4 #A25BD4 #D4655B #8ED45B

split-complementary

#5BCAD4 #D45B8E #D4A25B

monochromatic

#26868F #32B4C0 #5BCAD4 #8BDAE1 #BCE9ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BCAD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#5BCAD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAD4

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAD4	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)

#BCC2D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcad4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dae1',
    500: '#5bcad4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcad4;
$custom-light: #95dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcad4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.959,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77859,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAD4

secondary

#DDB2AE

accent

#5346E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAD4

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

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