#5BCCDD#5BCCDD

#5BCCDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.104 H 208.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCDD
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 7.7%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.45, -27.10, -18.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.45, 32.59, 213.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% -0.0917 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.104 208.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9530, 50.6264, 76.1116)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCDD #DD6C5B

analogous

#5BDDAD #5BCCDD #5B8BDD

triadic

#5BCCDD #DD5BCC #CCDD5B

tetradic

#5BCCDD #AD5BDD #DD6C5B #8BDD5B

square

#5BCCDD #AD5BDD #DD6C5B #8BDD5B

split-complementary

#5BCCDD #DD5B8B #DDAD5B

monochromatic

#218D9D #2BBAD0 #5BCCDD #8EDCE8 #C0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BCCDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#5BCCDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCDD

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCDD	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bccdd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.104 208.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dce7',
    500: '#5bccdd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bccdd;
$custom-light: #96dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bccdd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78652,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 208.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCDD

secondary

#A1493B

accent

#3018CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCDD

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

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