#5BCFDC#5BCFDC

#5BCFDC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.105 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCFDC
RGB	rgb(91, 207, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -28.85, -16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 33.14, 209.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% -0.0952 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.105 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.5401, 52.0131, 75.6520)
Luminance	0.5202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCFDC #DC685B

analogous

#5BDCA9 #5BCFDC #5B8EDC

triadic

#5BCFDC #DC5BCF #CFDC5B

tetradic

#5BCFDC #A95BDC #DC685B #8EDC5B

square

#5BCFDC #A95BDC #DC685B #8EDC5B

split-complementary

#5BCFDC #DC5B8E #DCA95B

monochromatic

#218F9B #2CBECE #5BCFDC #8DDEE7 #C0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCFDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#5BCFDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCFDC

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCFDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCFDC	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0C7DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcfdc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 207, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.105 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dee6',
    500: '#5bcfdc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcfdc;
$custom-light: #96dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcfdc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.047,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79314,
    "c": 0.10539,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCFDC

secondary

#9F463C

accent

#2B19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCFDC

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

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