#5BCDC8#5BCDC8

#5BCDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.103 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDC8
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 200)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(177, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, -33.34, -7.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 34.13, 192.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.1015 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.103 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.5666, 50.0533, 62.3666)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDC8 #CD5B60

analogous

#5BCD8F #5BCDC8 #5B99CD

triadic

#5BCDC8 #C85BCD #CDC85B

tetradic

#5BCDC8 #8F5BCD #CD5B60 #99CD5B

square

#5BCDC8 #8F5BCD #CD5B60 #99CD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDC8 #CD5B99 #CD8F5B

monochromatic

#298581 #37B4AE #5BCDC8 #8ADBD8 #B9EAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#5BCDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#5BCDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDC8

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDC8	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B6C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.103 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcd8',
    500: '#5bcdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdc8;
$custom-light: #94dcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.368,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78157,
    "c": 0.10347,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDC8

secondary

#8C4043

accent

#4B52DD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDC8

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

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