#5BCDE1#5BCDE1

#5BCDE1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.106 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE1
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 225)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -26.46, -19.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 32.94, 216.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0911 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.106 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.7307, 51.3190, 79.0313)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE1 #E16F5B

analogous

#5BE1B2 #5BCDE1 #5B8AE1

triadic

#5BCDE1 #E15BCD #CDE15B

tetradic

#5BCDE1 #B25BE1 #E16F5B #8AE15B

square

#5BCDE1 #B25BE1 #E16F5B #8AE15B

split-complementary

#5BCDE1 #E15B8A #E1B25B

monochromatic

#1E90A4 #27BDD7 #5BCDE1 #8FDDEA #C2EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCDE1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#5BCDE1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE1

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE1	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.106 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dcea',
    500: '#5bcde1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde1;
$custom-light: #96dcea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.955,
    "s": 69.072,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79033,
    "c": 0.10613,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE1

secondary

#A64A3A

accent

#3114D1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE1

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

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