#5BCDD5#5BCDD5

#5BCDD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.103 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDD5
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 213)
HSL	hsl(184, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(184, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 3.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.49, -29.83, -13.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.49, 32.84, 204.72°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% -0.096 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.103 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1509, 50.6871, 70.7109)
Luminance	0.5069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDD5 #D5635B

analogous

#5BD5A0 #5BCDD5 #5B90D5

triadic

#5BCDD5 #D55BCD #CDD55B

tetradic

#5BCDD5 #A05BD5 #D5635B #90D55B

square

#5BCDD5 #A05BD5 #D5635B #90D55B

split-complementary

#5BCDD5 #D55B90 #D5A05B

monochromatic

#258A91 #32B8C1 #5BCDD5 #8CDCE1 #BCEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#5BCDD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#5BCDD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDD5

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDD5	1.00	1.89	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC5D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.103 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dce1',
    500: '#5bcdd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdd5;
$custom-light: #95dce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.934,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78598,
    "c": 0.10324,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDD5

secondary

#96443E

accent

#5045E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDD5

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

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