#5BCCDC#5BCCDC

#5BCCDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.104 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCDC
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 7.3%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.42, -27.39, -17.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.42, 32.56, 212.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% -0.0921 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.104 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8202, 50.5733, 75.4121)
Luminance	0.5058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCDC #DC6B5B

analogous

#5BDCAB #5BCCDC #5B8BDC

triadic

#5BCCDC #DC5BCC #CCDC5B

tetradic

#5BCCDC #AB5BDC #DC6B5B #8BDC5B

square

#5BCCDC #AB5BDC #DC6B5B #8BDC5B

split-complementary

#5BCCDC #DC5B8B #DCAB5B

monochromatic

#218C9B #2CBACE #5BCCDC #8DDCE7 #C0EBF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BCCDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#5BCCDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCDC

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCDC	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B6DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bccdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.104 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dce6',
    500: '#5bccdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bccdc;
$custom-light: #95dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bccdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.442,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78615,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCDC

secondary

#9F483C

accent

#2F19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCDC

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

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