#5BCDBE#5BCDBE

#5BCDBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.106 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDBE
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 190)
HSL	hsl(172, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(172, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 7.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.82, -35.93, -2.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.82, 36.00, 183.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.84% -0.1058 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(77.84% 0.106 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4359, 49.6011, 56.4117)
Luminance	0.4960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDBE #CD5B6A

analogous

#5BCD85 #5BCDBE #5BA3CD

triadic

#5BCDBE #BE5BCD #CDBE5B

tetradic

#5BCDBE #855BCD #CD5B6A #A3CD5B

square

#5BCDBE #855BCD #CD5B6A #A3CD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDBE #CD5BA3 #CD855B

monochromatic

#298579 #37B4A3 #5BCDBE #8ADBD1 #B9EAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5BCDBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.92

#5BCDBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDBE

10.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDBE	1.00	1.92	10.92	10.92
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4C3BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.106 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ddd1',
    500: '#5bcdbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdbe;
$custom-light: #93ddd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.105,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77839,
    "c": 0.10603,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDBE

secondary

#D9ABB1

accent

#4B5EDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDBE

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

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