#5BCEDC#5BCEDC

#5BCEDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.105 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCEDC
RGB	rgb(91, 206, 220)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -28.37, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 32.93, 210.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0942 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.105 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.2986, 51.5301, 75.5715)
Luminance	0.5153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCEDC #DC695B

analogous

#5BDCA9 #5BCEDC #5B8DDC

triadic

#5BCEDC #DC5BCE #CEDC5B

tetradic

#5BCEDC #A95BDC #DC695B #8DDC5B

square

#5BCEDC #A95BDC #DC695B #8DDC5B

split-complementary

#5BCEDC #DC5B8D #DCA95B

monochromatic

#218E9B #2CBCCE #5BCEDC #8DDDE7 #C0ECF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#5BCEDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#5BCEDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCEDC

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCEDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCEDC	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB8DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcedc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 206, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.105 206.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcedc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79081,
    "c": 0.10497,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCEDC

secondary

#9F473C

accent

#2C19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCEDC

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

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