#5BCEDB#5BCEDB

#5BCEDB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCEDB
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 219)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 5.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -28.65, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 32.93, 209.56°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0946 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.1666, 51.4773, 74.8761)
Luminance	0.5148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCEDB #DB685B

analogous

#5BDBA8 #5BCEDB #5B8EDB

triadic

#5BCEDB #DB5BCE #CEDB5B

tetradic

#5BCEDB #A85BDB #DB685B #8EDB5B

square

#5BCEDB #A85BDB #DB685B #8EDB5B

split-complementary

#5BCEDB #DB5B8E #DBA85B

monochromatic

#228E9A #2DBCCC #5BCEDB #8DDDE6 #BFECF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCEDB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#5BCEDB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCEDB

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCEDB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCEDB	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC6DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcedb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dde6',
    500: '#5bcedb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcedb;
$custom-light: #96dde6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcedb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.094,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79045,
    "c": 0.10474,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCEDB

secondary

#9E463C

accent

#2C1ACC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCEDB

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

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