#5BCDCA#5BCDCA

#5BCDCA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.103 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDCA
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 202)
HSL	hsl(178, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 1.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, -32.81, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 33.84, 194.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.1006 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.103 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8018, 50.1474, 63.6056)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDCA #CD5B5E

analogous

#5BCD91 #5BCDCA #5B97CD

triadic

#5BCDCA #CA5BCD #CDCA5B

tetradic

#5BCDCA #915BCD #CD5B5E #97CD5B

square

#5BCDCA #915BCD #CD5B5E #97CD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDCA #CD5B97 #CD915B

monochromatic

#298583 #37B4B1 #5BCDCA #8ADBD9 #B9EAE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCDCA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#5BCDCA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDCA

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDCA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDCA	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C4CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.103 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcda',
    500: '#5bcdca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdca;
$custom-light: #94dcda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.421,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78223,
    "c": 0.10321,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDCA

secondary

#8C4042

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDCA

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

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