#5BCBDB#5BCBDB

#5BCBDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.104 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBDB
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 7.3%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -27.18, -17.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 32.36, 212.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.35% -0.0914 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(78.35% 0.104 208)
XYZ	xyz(38.4512, 50.0466, 74.6377)
Luminance	0.5005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBDB #DB6B5B

analogous

#5BDBAB #5BCBDB #5B8BDB

triadic

#5BCBDB #DB5BCB #CBDB5B

tetradic

#5BCBDB #AB5BDB #DB6B5B #8BDB5B

square

#5BCBDB #AB5BDB #DB6B5B #8BDB5B

split-complementary

#5BCBDB #DB5B8B #DBAB5B

monochromatic

#228B9A #2DB8CC #5BCBDB #8DDBE6 #BFEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCBDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#5BCBDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBDB

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBDB	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbdb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.104 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbe6',
    500: '#5bcbdb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbdb;
$custom-light: #95dbe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbdb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78346,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.5005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBDB

secondary

#9E483C

accent

#301ACC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBDB

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

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