#5BD0DC#5BD0DC

#5BD0DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.106 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD0DC
RGB	rgb(91, 208, 220)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 5.5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.58, -29.34, -15.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.58, 33.35, 208.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0963 -0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.106 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7831, 52.4992, 75.7330)
Luminance	0.5250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD0DC #DC675B

analogous

#5BDCA7 #5BD0DC #5B8FDC

triadic

#5BD0DC #DC5BD0 #D0DC5B

tetradic

#5BD0DC #A75BDC #DC675B #8FDC5B

square

#5BD0DC #A75BDC #DC675B #8FDC5B

split-complementary

#5BD0DC #DC5B8F #DCA75B

monochromatic

#21909B #2CBFCE #5BD0DC #8DDEE7 #C0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#5BD0DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#5BD0DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD0DC

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD0DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD0DC	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1C8DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB9DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D8D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd0dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 208, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.106 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dee6',
    500: '#5bd0dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd0dc;
$custom-light: #96dee6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd0dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79548,
    "c": 0.10583,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD0DC

secondary

#9F453C

accent

#2A19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD0DC

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

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