#5BCDDD#5BCDDD

#5BCDDD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.105 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDDD
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 221)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 7.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.74, -27.60, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.74, 32.76, 212.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.89% -0.0927 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(78.89% 0.105 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1915, 51.1033, 76.1911)
Luminance	0.5111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDDD #DD6B5B

analogous

#5BDDAC #5BCDDD #5B8CDD

triadic

#5BCDDD #DD5BCD #CDDD5B

tetradic

#5BCDDD #AC5BDD #DD6B5B #8CDD5B

square

#5BCDDD #AC5BDD #DD6B5B #8CDD5B

split-complementary

#5BCDDD #DD5B8C #DDAC5B

monochromatic

#218E9D #2BBBD0 #5BCDDD #8EDCE8 #C0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCDDD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#5BCDDD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDDD

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDDD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDDD	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcddd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.105 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dce7',
    500: '#5bcddd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcddd;
$custom-light: #96dce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcddd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78885,
    "c": 0.10484,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDDD

secondary

#A1483B

accent

#2E18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDDD

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

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