#5BCAD5#5BCAD5

#5BCAD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.102 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAD5
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, -28.37, -15.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 32.11, 207.93°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0928 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.102 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4402, 49.2656, 70.4740)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAD5 #D5665B

analogous

#5BD5A3 #5BCAD5 #5B8DD5

triadic

#5BCAD5 #D55BCA #CAD55B

tetradic

#5BCAD5 #A35BD5 #D5665B #8DD55B

square

#5BCAD5 #A35BD5 #D5665B #8DD55B

split-complementary

#5BCAD5 #D55B8D #D5A35B

monochromatic

#258791 #32B4C1 #5BCAD5 #8CDAE1 #BCE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BCAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#5BCAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAD5

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAD5	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B4D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.102 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dae1',
    500: '#5bcad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcad5;
$custom-light: #95dae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.41,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77894,
    "c": 0.10171,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAD5

secondary

#DEB2AE

accent

#5445E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAD5

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

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