#5BCED9#5BCED9

#5BCED9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.104 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCED9
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 217)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(185, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 5.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -29.21, -15.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 32.95, 207.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0954 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.104 203.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.9049, 51.3726, 73.4978)
Luminance	0.5138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCED9 #D9665B

analogous

#5BD9A5 #5BCED9 #5B8FD9

triadic

#5BCED9 #D95BCE #CED95B

tetradic

#5BCED9 #A55BD9 #D9665B #8FD95B

square

#5BCED9 #A55BD9 #D9665B #8FD95B

split-complementary

#5BCED9 #D95B8F #D9A55B

monochromatic

#238D97 #2EBBC8 #5BCED9 #8DDDE5 #BEECF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCED9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#5BCED9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCED9

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCED9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCED9	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB8DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D5D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bced9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.104 203.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dde4',
    500: '#5bced9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bced9;
$custom-light: #95dde4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bced9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78973,
    "c": 0.10434,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCED9

secondary

#9B453D

accent

#2B1BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCED9

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

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