#5BCED0#5BCED0

#5BCED0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.104 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCED0
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 208)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(181, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 1%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, -31.68, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 33.48, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0991 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.104 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.7660, 50.9171, 67.5000)
Luminance	0.5092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCED0 #D05D5B

analogous

#5BD097 #5BCED0 #5B93D0

triadic

#5BCED0 #D05BCE #CED05B

tetradic

#5BCED0 #975BD0 #D05D5B #93D05B

square

#5BCED0 #975BD0 #D05D5B #93D05B

split-complementary

#5BCED0 #D05B93 #D0975B

monochromatic

#278889 #35B7B9 #5BCED0 #8BDCDE #BAEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCED0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#5BCED0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCED0

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCED0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCED0	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bced0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.104 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95ddde',
    500: '#5bced0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bced0;
$custom-light: #95ddde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bced0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7866,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCED0

secondary

#90413F

accent

#4C49DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCED0

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

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