#5BCBD5#5BCBD5

#5BCBD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.102 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBD5
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 4.7%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -28.86, -14.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 32.35, 206.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0939 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.102 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.6756, 49.7364, 70.5525)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBD5 #D5655B

analogous

#5BD5A2 #5BCBD5 #5B8ED5

triadic

#5BCBD5 #D55BCB #CBD55B

tetradic

#5BCBD5 #A25BD5 #D5655B #8ED55B

square

#5BCBD5 #A25BD5 #D5655B #8ED55B

split-complementary

#5BCBD5 #D55B8E #D5A25B

monochromatic

#258891 #32B6C1 #5BCBD5 #8CDAE1 #BCEAEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5BCBD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#5BCBD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBD5

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBD5	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC3D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB5D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.102 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbe1',
    500: '#5bcbd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbd5;
$custom-light: #95dbe1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.918,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78129,
    "c": 0.10219,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBD5

secondary

#DEB2AE

accent

#5245E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBD5

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

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