#5BCDDC#5BCDDC

#5BCDDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.105 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDDC
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 6.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -27.88, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 32.74, 211.63°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0931 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.105 207)
XYZ	xyz(39.0586, 51.0502, 75.4915)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDDC #DC6A5B

analogous

#5BDCAA #5BCDDC #5B8CDC

triadic

#5BCDDC #DC5BCD #CDDC5B

tetradic

#5BCDDC #AA5BDC #DC6A5B #8CDC5B

square

#5BCDDC #AA5BDC #DC6A5B #8CDC5B

split-complementary

#5BCDDC #DC5B8C #DCAA5B

monochromatic

#218D9B #2CBBCE #5BCDDC #8DDCE7 #C0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#5BCDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDDC

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDDC	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC6DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB7DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.105 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dce6',
    500: '#5bcddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcddc;
$custom-light: #96dce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78848,
    "c": 0.10457,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.51054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDDC

secondary

#9F473C

accent

#2E19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDDC

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

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