#5BCBD9#5BCBD9

#5BCBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.103 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBD9
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -27.74, -16.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 32.32, 210.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% -0.0922 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.103 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.1895, 49.9419, 73.2593)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBD9 #D9695B

analogous

#5BD9A8 #5BCBD9 #5B8CD9

triadic

#5BCBD9 #D95BCB #CBD95B

tetradic

#5BCBD9 #A85BD9 #D9695B #8CD95B

square

#5BCBD9 #A85BD9 #D9695B #8CD95B

split-complementary

#5BCBD9 #D95B8C #D9A85B

monochromatic

#238A97 #2EB7C8 #5BCBD9 #8DDBE5 #BEEBF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#5BCBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBD9

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBD9	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B5D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.103 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbe4',
    500: '#5bcbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbd9;
$custom-light: #95dbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78273,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBD9

secondary

#E0B5B0

accent

#2F1BCA

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBD9

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

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