#5BCDC2#5BCDC2

#5BCDC2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.105 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDC2
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 194)
HSL	hsl(174, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(174, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.93, -34.90, -4.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.93, 35.17, 187.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.96% -0.1041 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(77.96% 0.105 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8791, 49.7783, 58.7458)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDC2 #CD5B66

analogous

#5BCD89 #5BCDC2 #5B9FCD

triadic

#5BCDC2 #C25BCD #CDC25B

tetradic

#5BCDC2 #895BCD #CD5B66 #9FCD5B

square

#5BCDC2 #895BCD #CD5B66 #9FCD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDC2 #CD5B9F #CD895B

monochromatic

#29857C #37B4A8 #5BCDC2 #8ADBD3 #B9EAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#5BCDC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#5BCDC2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDC2

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDC2	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1B6C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.105 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcd4',
    500: '#5bcdc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdc2;
$custom-light: #94dcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.211,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77964,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDC2

secondary

#D9ABB0

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F2FBF9

border

#CCD4D2

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDC2

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

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