#5BCDCC#5BCDCC

#5BCDCC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.103 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDCC
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 204)
HSL	hsl(179, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 0.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.22, -32.28, -9.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.22, 33.59, 196.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.0998 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.103 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.0401, 50.2428, 64.8608)
Luminance	0.5025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDCC #CD5B5C

analogous

#5BCD93 #5BCDCC #5B95CD

triadic

#5BCDCC #CC5BCD #CDCC5B

tetradic

#5BCDCC #935BCD #CD5B5C #95CD5B

square

#5BCDCC #935BCD #CD5B5C #95CD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDCC #CD5B95 #CD935B

monochromatic

#298584 #37B4B3 #5BCDCC #8ADBDB #B9EAE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCDCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05

#5BCDCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDCC

11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDCC	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB6CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdcc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.103 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcdb',
    500: '#5bcdcc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdcc;
$custom-light: #94dcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdcc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78289,
    "c": 0.10302,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDCC

secondary

#8C4041

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDCC

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

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