#5BCDCF#5BCDCF

#5BCDCF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.103 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDCF
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 207)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.31, -31.47, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.31, 33.26, 198.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0985 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.103 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4034, 50.3881, 66.7741)
Luminance	0.5039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDCF #CF5D5B

analogous

#5BCF97 #5BCDCF #5B93CF

triadic

#5BCDCF #CF5BCD #CDCF5B

tetradic

#5BCDCF #975BCF #CF5D5B #93CF5B

square

#5BCDCF #975BCF #CF5D5B #93CF5B

split-complementary

#5BCDCF #CF5B93 #CF975B

monochromatic

#288688 #36B5B7 #5BCDCF #8ADBDD #BAEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#5BCDCF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.08

#5BCDCF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDCF

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDCF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDCF	1.00	1.90	11.08	11.08
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C4CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB6D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdcf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.103 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcdd',
    500: '#5bcdcf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdcf;
$custom-light: #95dcdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdcf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7839,
    "c": 0.1029,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDCF

secondary

#8F4140

accent

#4C4ADE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDCF

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

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