#5BCBC9#5BCBC9

#5BCBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.102 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBC9
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 201)
HSL	hsl(179, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 0%, 1%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.54, -32.13, -8.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.54, 33.28, 195.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% -0.0989 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.102 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.2084, 49.1495, 62.8256)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBC9 #CB5B5D

analogous

#5BCB91 #5BCBC9 #5B95CB

triadic

#5BCBC9 #C95BCB #CBC95B

tetradic

#5BCBC9 #915BCB #CB5B5D #95CB5B

square

#5BCBC9 #915BCB #CB5B5D #95CB5B

split-complementary

#5BCBC9 #CB5B95 #CB915B

monochromatic

#298281 #38B1AF #5BCBC9 #89DAD8 #B8E8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#5BCBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#5BCBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBC9

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBC9	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.102 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbd9',
    500: '#5bcbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbc9;
$custom-light: #94dbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77716,
    "c": 0.10177,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBC9

secondary

#D7AAAB

accent

#4C4FDB

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBC9

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

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