#5BCDD2#5BCDD2

#5BCDD2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.103 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDD2
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 210)
HSL	hsl(183, 57%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 2.4%, 0%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -30.65, -12.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 33.01, 201.79°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0972 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.103 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.7737, 50.5362, 68.7241)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDD2 #D2605B

analogous

#5BD29C #5BCDD2 #5B92D2

triadic

#5BCDD2 #D25BCD #CDD25B

tetradic

#5BCDD2 #9C5BD2 #D2605B #92D25B

square

#5BCDD2 #9C5BD2 #D2605B #92D25B

split-complementary

#5BCDD2 #D25B92 #D29C5B

monochromatic

#26888C #34B6BC #5BCDD2 #8BDCDF #BBEAEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BCDD2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#5BCDD2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDD2

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDD2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDD2	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C5D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB6D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdd2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 210);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.103 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dcdf',
    500: '#5bcdd2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdd2;
$custom-light: #95dcdf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdd2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 210
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78493,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDD2

secondary

#92423F

accent

#4E48E0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDD2

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

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