#5BCAD8#5BCAD8

#5BCAD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.102 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAD8
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 216)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.71, -27.53, -16.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.71, 32.11, 210.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0916 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.102 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.8245, 49.4193, 72.4980)
Luminance	0.4942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAD8 #D8695B

analogous

#5BD8A7 #5BCAD8 #5B8BD8

triadic

#5BCAD8 #D85BCA #CAD85B

tetradic

#5BCAD8 #A75BD8 #D8695B #8BD85B

square

#5BCAD8 #A75BD8 #D8695B #8BD85B

split-complementary

#5BCAD8 #D85B8B #D8A75B

monochromatic

#238895 #2FB6C7 #5BCAD8 #8CDAE4 #BEEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BCAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#5BCAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAD8

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAD8	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B4D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.102 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dae4',
    500: '#5bcad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcad8;
$custom-light: #95dae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.72,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78003,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAD8

secondary

#DFB5AF

accent

#301CC9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAD8

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

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