#5BCBDD#5BCBDD

#5BCBDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.104 H 209.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBDD
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 8.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -26.61, -18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 32.43, 214.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0906 -0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.104 209.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7161, 50.1526, 76.0327)
Luminance	0.5016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBDD #DD6D5B

analogous

#5BDDAE #5BCBDD #5B8ADD

triadic

#5BCBDD #DD5BCB #CBDD5B

tetradic

#5BCBDD #AE5BDD #DD6D5B #8ADD5B

square

#5BCBDD #AE5BDD #DD6D5B #8ADD5B

split-complementary

#5BCBDD #DD5B8A #DDAE5B

monochromatic

#218C9D #2BB9D0 #5BCBDD #8EDBE8 #C0EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCBDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#5BCBDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBDD

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBDD	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.104 209.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dbe7',
    500: '#5bcbdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbdd;
$custom-light: #95dbe7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78419,
    "c": 0.10418,
    "h": 209.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBDD

secondary

#A14A3B

accent

#3118CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBDD

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

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