#5BCBDA#5BCBDA

#5BCBDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.103 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBDA
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -27.46, -17.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 32.33, 211.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0918 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.103 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3200, 49.9941, 73.9464)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBDA #DA6A5B

analogous

#5BDAAA #5BCBDA #5B8BDA

triadic

#5BCBDA #DA5BCB #CBDA5B

tetradic

#5BCBDA #AA5BDA #DA6A5B #8BDA5B

square

#5BCBDA #AA5BDA #DA6A5B #8BDA5B

split-complementary

#5BCBDA #DA5B8B #DAAA5B

monochromatic

#228A98 #2EB8CA #5BCBDA #8DDBE5 #BFEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCBDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#5BCBDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBDA

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBDA	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC4DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.103 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbe5',
    500: '#5bcbda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbda;
$custom-light: #95dbe5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.087,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78309,
    "c": 0.10328,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBDA

secondary

#E1B6B0

accent

#2F1BCB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FBFC

border

#CCD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBDA

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

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