#5BCDE2#5BCDE2

#5BCDE2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.107 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE2
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 226)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(189, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -26.17, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 33.00, 217.53°)
OKLab	oklab(79.07% -0.0908 -0.0557)
OKLCH	oklch(79.07% 0.107 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.8676, 51.3737, 79.7518)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE2 #E2705B

analogous

#5BE2B3 #5BCDE2 #5B8AE2

triadic

#5BCDE2 #E25BCD #CDE25B

tetradic

#5BCDE2 #B35BE2 #E2705B #8AE25B

square

#5BCDE2 #B35BE2 #E2705B #8AE25B

split-complementary

#5BCDE2 #E25B8A #E2B35B

monochromatic

#1D90A5 #27BDD9 #5BCDE2 #8FDDEB #C3EDF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCDE2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#5BCDE2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE2

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE2	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B7E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.107 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dceb',
    500: '#5bcde2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde2;
$custom-light: #96dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.333,
    "s": 69.948,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7907,
    "c": 0.10651,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE2

secondary

#A84B39

accent

#3114D2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE2

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

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