#5BCBCD#5BCBCD

#5BCBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.102 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBCD
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.66, -31.05, -10.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.66, 32.83, 198.94°)
OKLab	oklab(77.85% -0.0972 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.85% 0.102 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.6851, 49.3402, 65.3361)
Luminance	0.4934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBCD #CD5D5B

analogous

#5BCD96 #5BCBCD #5B92CD

triadic

#5BCBCD #CD5BCB #CBCD5B

tetradic

#5BCBCD #965BCD #CD5D5B #92CD5B

square

#5BCBCD #965BCD #CD5D5B #92CD5B

split-complementary

#5BCBCD #CD5B92 #CD965B

monochromatic

#298385 #37B2B4 #5BCBCD #8ADADB #B9E9EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#5BCBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#5BCBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBCD

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBCD	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.102 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dbdc',
    500: '#5bcbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbcd;
$custom-light: #94dbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.053,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7785,
    "c": 0.10156,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBCD

secondary

#D9ACAB

accent

#4E4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBCD

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

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