#5BCDC5#5BCDC5

#5BCDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.104 H 189.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDC5
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 197)
HSL	hsl(176, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 3.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -34.13, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 34.62, 189.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.06% -0.1028 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(78.06% 0.104 189)
XYZ	xyz(36.2194, 49.9145, 60.5382)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDC5 #CD5B63

analogous

#5BCD8C #5BCDC5 #5B9CCD

triadic

#5BCDC5 #C55BCD #CDC55B

tetradic

#5BCDC5 #8C5BCD #CD5B63 #9CCD5B

square

#5BCDC5 #8C5BCD #CD5B63 #9CCD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDC5 #CD5B9C #CD8C5B

monochromatic

#29857F #37B4AB #5BCDC5 #8ADBD6 #B9EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#5BCDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDC5

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDC5	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3C3C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.104 189.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcd6',
    500: '#5bcdc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdc5;
$custom-light: #94dcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.789,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7806,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 189
  },
  "luminance": 0.49918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDC5

secondary

#D9ABAE

accent

#4B55DD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFA

border

#CCD4D3

text

#0E1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDC5

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

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