#5BCBD8#5BCBD8

#5BCBD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.103 H 205.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBD8
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.00, -28.02, -16.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.00, 32.31, 209.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0926 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.103 205.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.0599, 49.8901, 72.5764)
Luminance	0.4989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBD8 #D8685B

analogous

#5BD8A6 #5BCBD8 #5B8CD8

triadic

#5BCBD8 #D85BCB #CBD85B

tetradic

#5BCBD8 #A65BD8 #D8685B #8CD85B

square

#5BCBD8 #A65BD8 #D8685B #8CD85B

split-complementary

#5BCBD8 #D85B8C #D8A65B

monochromatic

#238995 #2FB7C7 #5BCBD8 #8CDBE4 #BEEAF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCBD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#5BCBD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBD8

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBD8	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbd8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.103 205.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbe4',
    500: '#5bcbd8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbd8;
$custom-light: #95dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbd8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.24,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78236,
    "c": 0.10278,
    "h": 205.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBD8

secondary

#DFB4AF

accent

#2E1CC9

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBD8

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

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