#5BCAE0#5BCAE0

#5BCAE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.105 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCAE0
RGB	rgb(91, 202, 224)
HSL	hsl(190, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -25.26, -20.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 32.49, 218.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0884 -0.0567)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.105 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.8840, 49.8431, 78.0780)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCAE0 #E0715B

analogous

#5BE0B4 #5BCAE0 #5B88E0

triadic

#5BCAE0 #E05BCA #CAE05B

tetradic

#5BCAE0 #B45BE0 #E0715B #88E05B

square

#5BCAE0 #B45BE0 #E0715B #88E05B

split-complementary

#5BCAE0 #E05B88 #E0B45B

monochromatic

#1F8CA2 #28B9D5 #5BCAE0 #8EDBEA #C2EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCAE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#5BCAE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCAE0

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCAE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCAE0	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C4E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B5E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcae0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 202, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.105 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dae9',
    500: '#5bcae0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcae0;
$custom-light: #96dae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcae0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.925,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.783,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCAE0

secondary

#E4BBB3

accent

#3415D0

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCAE0

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

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