#5BCDCE#5BCDCE

#5BCDCE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.103 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDCE
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 206)
HSL	hsl(181, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.8%, 0.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, -31.74, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 33.36, 197.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0989 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.103 196)
XYZ	xyz(37.2816, 50.3393, 66.1323)
Luminance	0.5034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDCE #CE5C5B

analogous

#5BCE95 #5BCDCE #5B93CE

triadic

#5BCDCE #CE5BCD #CDCE5B

tetradic

#5BCDCE #955BCE #CE5C5B #93CE5B

square

#5BCDCE #955BCE #CE5C5B #93CE5B

split-complementary

#5BCDCE #CE5B93 #CE955B

monochromatic

#288686 #36B4B6 #5BCDCE #8ADBDC #B9EAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCDCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#5BCDCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDCE

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDCE	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.103 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94dcdc',
    500: '#5bcdce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdce;
$custom-light: #94dcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.10292,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.50343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDCE

secondary

#8D4040

accent

#4C4ADD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDCE

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

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