#5BCDDF#5BCDDF

#5BCDDF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.105 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDDF
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 223)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(188, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 8.1%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.81, -27.03, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.81, 32.83, 214.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% -0.0919 -0.0516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.105 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.4595, 51.2105, 77.6028)
Luminance	0.5121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDDF #DF6D5B

analogous

#5BDFAF #5BCDDF #5B8BDF

triadic

#5BCDDF #DF5BCD #CDDF5B

tetradic

#5BCDDF #AF5BDF #DF6D5B #8BDF5B

square

#5BCDDF #AF5BDF #DF6D5B #8BDF5B

split-complementary

#5BCDDF #DF5B8B #DFAF5B

monochromatic

#1F8FA0 #29BCD4 #5BCDDF #8EDDE9 #C1ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCDDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#5BCDDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDDF

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDDF	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC6E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B7DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcddf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.105 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dce9',
    500: '#5bcddf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcddf;
$custom-light: #96dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcddf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDDF

secondary

#A3493B

accent

#2F16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDDF

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

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