#5BCAD9#5BCAD9

#5BCAD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.103 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAD9
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -27.25, -17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 32.13, 211.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0912 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.103 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9541, 49.4712, 73.1809)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAD9 #D96A5B

analogous

#5BD9A9 #5BCAD9 #5B8BD9

triadic

#5BCAD9 #D95BCA #CAD95B

tetradic

#5BCAD9 #A95BD9 #D96A5B #8BD95B

square

#5BCAD9 #A95BD9 #D96A5B #8BD95B

split-complementary

#5BCAD9 #D95B8B #D9A95B

monochromatic

#238997 #2EB6C8 #5BCAD9 #8DDAE5 #BEEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BCAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#5BCAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAD9

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAD9	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.103 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dae4',
    500: '#5bcad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcad9;
$custom-light: #95dae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.143,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78039,
    "c": 0.10263,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAD9

secondary

#E0B6B0

accent

#301BCA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAD9

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

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