#5BD1CE#5BD1CE

#5BD1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.106 H 192.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD1CE
RGB	rgb(91, 209, 206)
HSL	hsl(178, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 1.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -33.64, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 34.70, 194.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% -0.1032 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.106 192.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2506, 52.2775, 66.4553)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD1CE #D15B5E

analogous

#5BD193 #5BD1CE #5B99D1

triadic

#5BD1CE #CE5BD1 #D1CE5B

tetradic

#5BD1CE #935BD1 #D15B5E #99D15B

square

#5BD1CE #935BD1 #D15B5E #99D15B

split-complementary

#5BD1CE #D15B99 #D1935B

monochromatic

#278B88 #34BAB7 #5BD1CE #8BDEDC #BBECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#5BD1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#5BD1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD1CE

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD1CE	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 209, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.106 192.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dfdc',
    500: '#5bd1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd1ce;
$custom-light: #95dfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79301,
    "c": 0.10586,
    "h": 192.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD1CE

secondary

#913F41

accent

#484CDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD1CE

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

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