#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
RGBrgb(91, 202, 217)
HSLhsl(187, 62%, 60%)
HSVhsv(187, 58%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(58.1%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(75.74, -27.25, -17.01)
CIE-LCHlch(75.74, 32.13, 211.97°)
OKLaboklab(78.04% -0.0912 -0.0471)
OKLCHoklch(78.04% 0.103 207.3)
XYZxyz(37.9541, 49.4712, 73.1809)
Luminance0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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
##5BCAD91.001.9310.9010.90
#FFFFFF1.931.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9021.001.001.00
##00000010.9021.001.001.00

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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#5BCAD9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva