#5BCCDE#5BCCDE

#5BCCDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.105 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCCDE
RGB	rgb(91, 204, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.48, -26.82, -18.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.48, 32.63, 214.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0913 -0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.105 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0866, 50.6799, 76.8154)
Luminance	0.5068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCCDE #DE6D5B

analogous

#5BDEAF #5BCCDE #5B8BDE

triadic

#5BCCDE #DE5BCC #CCDE5B

tetradic

#5BCCDE #AF5BDE #DE6D5B #8BDE5B

square

#5BCCDE #AF5BDE #DE6D5B #8BDE5B

split-complementary

#5BCCDE #DE5B8B #DEAF5B

monochromatic

#208D9F #2ABBD2 #5BCCDE #8EDCE8 #C1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BCCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#5BCCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCCDE

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCCDE	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC5DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B6DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bccde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 204, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.105 209.4);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bccde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78689,
    "c": 0.10481,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCCDE

secondary

#A2493B

accent

#3017CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCCDE

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

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