#5BCFDE#5BCFDE

#5BCFDE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.106 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BCFDE
RGB	rgb(91, 207, 222)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 6.8%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -28.29, -17.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 33.15, 211.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% -0.0944 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.106 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8066, 52.1197, 77.0554)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BCFDE #DE6A5B

analogous

#5BDEAC #5BCFDE #5B8EDE

triadic

#5BCFDE #DE5BCF #CFDE5B

tetradic

#5BCFDE #AC5BDE #DE6A5B #8EDE5B

square

#5BCFDE #AC5BDE #DE6A5B #8EDE5B

split-complementary

#5BCFDE #DE5B8E #DEAC5B

monochromatic

#20909F #2ABED2 #5BCFDE #8EDEE8 #C1EDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#5BCFDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#5BCFDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BCFDE

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BCFDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BCFDE	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFC8DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABB9DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bcfde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 207, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.106 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dee8',
    500: '#5bcfde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bcfde;
$custom-light: #96dee8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bcfde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.87,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79387,
    "c": 0.10587,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BCFDE

secondary

#A2473B

accent

#2C17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BCFDE

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

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