#5BCDE3#5BCDE3

#5BCDE3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.107 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCDE3
RGB	rgb(91, 205, 227)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 9.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -25.88, -20.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 33.08, 218.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0904 -0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.107 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.0052, 51.4288, 80.4766)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCDE3 #E3715B

analogous

#5BE3B5 #5BCDE3 #5B89E3

triadic

#5BCDE3 #E35BCD #CDE35B

tetradic

#5BCDE3 #B55BE3 #E3715B #89E35B

square

#5BCDE3 #B55BE3 #E3715B #89E35B

split-complementary

#5BCDE3 #E35B89 #E3B55B

monochromatic

#1D91A7 #27BDDA #5BCDE3 #8FDDEC #C4EDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCDE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#5BCDE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCDE3

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCDE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCDE3	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC7E4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B7E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcde3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 205, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.107 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dceb',
    500: '#5bcde3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcde3;
$custom-light: #96dceb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcde3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.706,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79108,
    "c": 0.1069,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCDE3

secondary

#A94B39

accent

#3213D3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCDE3

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

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