#5BCED1#5BCED1

#5BCED1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.104 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCED1
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 209)
HSL	hsl(182, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -31.41, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 33.38, 199.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0987 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.104 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.8894, 50.9664, 68.1500)
Luminance	0.5097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCED1 #D15E5B

analogous

#5BD199 #5BCED1 #5B93D1

triadic

#5BCED1 #D15BCE #CED15B

tetradic

#5BCED1 #995BD1 #D15E5B #93D15B

square

#5BCED1 #995BD1 #D15E5B #93D15B

split-complementary

#5BCED1 #D15B93 #D1995B

monochromatic

#27888B #34B7BA #5BCED1 #8BDCDE #BBEBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#5BCED1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#5BCED1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCED1

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCED1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCED1	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB7D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bced1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 209);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.104 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dddf',
    500: '#5bced1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bced1;
$custom-light: #95dddf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bced1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 209
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78694,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCED1

secondary

#91413F

accent

#4C48DF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCED1

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

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