#5BCED5#5BCED5

#5BCED5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.104 H 200.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCED5
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 213)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(183, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 3.3%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -30.31, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 33.10, 203.68°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.097 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.104 200.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3909, 51.1670, 70.7909)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCED5 #D5625B

analogous

#5BD59F #5BCED5 #5B91D5

triadic

#5BCED5 #D55BCE #CED55B

tetradic

#5BCED5 #9F5BD5 #D5625B #91D55B

square

#5BCED5 #9F5BD5 #D5625B #91D55B

split-complementary

#5BCED5 #D55B91 #D59F5B

monochromatic

#258A91 #32B9C1 #5BCED5 #8CDDE1 #BCEBEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#5BCED5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#5BCED5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCED5

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCED5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCED5	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB7D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bced5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.104 200.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dde1',
    500: '#5bced5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bced5;
$custom-light: #95dde1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bced5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.443,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78832,
    "c": 0.10379,
    "h": 200.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCED5

secondary

#96433E

accent

#4E45E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCED5

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

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