#5BCDE0#5BCDE0

#5BCDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.106 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE0
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(189, 68%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 59%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.84, -26.74, -19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.84, 32.88, 215.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0916 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.106 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.5947, 51.2646, 78.3150)
Luminance	0.5127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE0 #E06E5B

analogous

#5BE0B0 #5BCDE0 #5B8BE0

triadic

#5BCDE0 #E05BCD #CDE05B

tetradic

#5BCDE0 #B05BE0 #E06E5B #8BE05B

square

#5BCDE0 #B05BE0 #E06E5B #8BE05B

split-complementary

#5BCDE0 #E05B8B #E0B05B

monochromatic

#1F8FA2 #28BDD5 #5BCDE0 #8EDDEA #C2ECF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#5BCDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE0

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE0	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.106 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dce9',
    500: '#5bcde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde0;
$custom-light: #96dce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 68.205,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78995,
    "c": 0.10578,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE0

secondary

#A54A3A

accent

#3015D0

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE0

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

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