#5BD1CF#5BD1CF

#5BD1CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.106 H 193.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD1CF
RGB	rgb(91, 209, 207)
HSL	hsl(179, 56%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(179, 56%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 0%, 1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -33.37, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 34.57, 195.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% -0.1027 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.106 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.3725, 52.3262, 67.0971)
Luminance	0.5233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD1CF #D15B5D

analogous

#5BD194 #5BD1CF #5B98D1

triadic

#5BD1CF #CF5BD1 #D1CF5B

tetradic

#5BD1CF #945BD1 #D15B5D #98D15B

square

#5BD1CF #945BD1 #D15B5D #98D15B

split-complementary

#5BD1CF #D15B98 #D1945B

monochromatic

#278B89 #34BAB8 #5BD1CF #8BDEDD #BBECEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#5BD1CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#5BD1CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD1CF

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD1CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD1CF	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C8CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2B9D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd1cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 209, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.106 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95dfdd',
    500: '#5bd1cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd1cf;
$custom-light: #95dfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd1cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79334,
    "c": 0.10576,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD1CF

secondary

#913F41

accent

#484BDF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD1CF

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

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