#5BCED8#5BCED8

#5BCED8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.104 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCED8
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 216)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.87, -29.48, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.87, 32.98, 206.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0958 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.104 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7752, 51.3207, 72.8149)
Luminance	0.5132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCED8 #D8655B

analogous

#5BD8A3 #5BCED8 #5B8FD8

triadic

#5BCED8 #D85BCE #CED85B

tetradic

#5BCED8 #A35BD8 #D8655B #8FD85B

square

#5BCED8 #A35BD8 #D8655B #8FD85B

split-complementary

#5BCED8 #D85B8F #D8A35B

monochromatic

#238C95 #2FBAC7 #5BCED8 #8CDDE4 #BEECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCED8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#5BCED8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCED8

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCED8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCED8	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C6D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bced8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.104 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dde4',
    500: '#5bced8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bced8;
$custom-light: #95dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bced8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78938,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCED8

secondary

#9A453D

accent

#2A1CC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCED8

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

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