#5BCDDB#5BCDDB

#5BCDDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.104 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDDB
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 219)
HSL	hsl(187, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.68, -28.16, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.68, 32.73, 210.64°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0935 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.104 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9266, 50.9973, 74.7961)
Luminance	0.5100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDDB #DB695B

analogous

#5BDBA9 #5BCDDB #5B8DDB

triadic

#5BCDDB #DB5BCD #CDDB5B

tetradic

#5BCDDB #A95BDB #DB695B #8DDB5B

square

#5BCDDB #A95BDB #DB695B #8DDB5B

split-complementary

#5BCDDB #DB5B8D #DBA95B

monochromatic

#228D9A #2DBBCC #5BCDDB #8DDCE6 #BFECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCDDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#5BCDDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDDB

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDDB	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcddb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.104 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dce6',
    500: '#5bcddb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcddb;
$custom-light: #95dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcddb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78812,
    "c": 0.10432,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDDB

secondary

#9E473C

accent

#2D1ACC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDDB

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

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