#5BCDDA#5BCDDA

#5BCDDA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.104 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDDA
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 218)
HSL	hsl(186, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 6%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, -28.44, -16.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 32.73, 209.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.094 -0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.104 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.7953, 50.9448, 74.1049)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDDA #DA685B

analogous

#5BDAA8 #5BCDDA #5B8DDA

triadic

#5BCDDA #DA5BCD #CDDA5B

tetradic

#5BCDDA #A85BDA #DA685B #8DDA5B

square

#5BCDDA #A85BDA #DA685B #8DDA5B

split-complementary

#5BCDDA #DA5B8D #DAA85B

monochromatic

#228C98 #2EBACA #5BCDDA #8DDCE5 #BFEBF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCDDA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#5BCDDA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDDA

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDDA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDDA	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdda;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.104 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dce5',
    500: '#5bcdda',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdda;
$custom-light: #95dce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdda",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.142,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.10409,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDDA

secondary

#9D463D

accent

#2D1BCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDDA

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

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