#5BCDDE#5BCDDE

#5BCDDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.105 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDDE
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 222)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 7.7%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -27.31, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 32.79, 213.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.92% -0.0923 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(78.92% 0.105 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3251, 51.1567, 76.8949)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDDE #DE6C5B

analogous

#5BDEAE #5BCDDE #5B8CDE

triadic

#5BCDDE #DE5BCD #CDDE5B

tetradic

#5BCDDE #AE5BDE #DE6C5B #8CDE5B

square

#5BCDDE #AE5BDE #DE6C5B #8CDE5B

split-complementary

#5BCDDE #DE5B8C #DEAE5B

monochromatic

#208E9F #2ABCD2 #5BCDDE #8EDDE8 #C1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCDDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#5BCDDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDDE

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDDE	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcdde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.105 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dce8',
    500: '#5bcdde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcdde;
$custom-light: #96dce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcdde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78921,
    "c": 0.10514,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDDE

secondary

#A2483B

accent

#2F17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDDE

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

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