#5BCBDC#5BCBDC

#5BCBDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.104 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBDC
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -26.90, -18.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 32.39, 213.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.091 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.104 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.5833, 50.0994, 75.3331)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBDC #DC6C5B

analogous

#5BDCAC #5BCBDC #5B8ADC

triadic

#5BCBDC #DC5BCB #CBDC5B

tetradic

#5BCBDC #AC5BDC #DC6C5B #8ADC5B

square

#5BCBDC #AC5BDC #DC6C5B #8ADC5B

split-complementary

#5BCBDC #DC5B8A #DCAC5B

monochromatic

#218B9B #2CB9CE #5BCBDC #8DDBE7 #C0EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCBDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#5BCBDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBDC

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBDC	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B5DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.104 208.8);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.907,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78382,
    "c": 0.10386,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBDC

secondary

#9F493C

accent

#3119CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBDC

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

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