#5BCBDE#5BCBDE

#5BCBDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.105 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCBDE
RGB	rgb(91, 203, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 8.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -26.33, -19.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 32.48, 215.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0902 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.105 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8497, 50.2060, 76.7364)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCBDE #DE6E5B

analogous

#5BDEB0 #5BCBDE #5B8ADE

triadic

#5BCBDE #DE5BCB #CBDE5B

tetradic

#5BCBDE #B05BDE #DE6E5B #8ADE5B

square

#5BCBDE #B05BDE #DE6E5B #8ADE5B

split-complementary

#5BCBDE #DE5B8A #DEB05B

monochromatic

#208C9F #2AB9D2 #5BCBDE #8EDBE8 #C1EBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCBDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#5BCBDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCBDE

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCBDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCBDE	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC4DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcbde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 203, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.105 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dbe8',
    500: '#5bcbde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcbde;
$custom-light: #96dbe8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcbde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.702,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.10451,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCBDE

secondary

#A24A3B

accent

#3217CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FBFC

border

#CFD4D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCBDE

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

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