#5BD1DC#5BD1DC

#5BD1DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.106 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD1DC
RGB	rgb(91, 209, 220)
HSL	hsl(185, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 5%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -29.82, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 33.58, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% -0.0973 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.106 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0277, 52.9883, 75.8146)
Luminance	0.5299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD1DC #DC665B

analogous

#5BDCA6 #5BD1DC #5B90DC

triadic

#5BD1DC #DC5BD1 #D1DC5B

tetradic

#5BD1DC #A65BDC #DC665B #90DC5B

square

#5BD1DC #A65BDC #DC665B #90DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD1DC #DC5B90 #DCA65B

monochromatic

#21919B #2CC0CE #5BD1DC #8DDFE7 #C0EDF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#5BD1DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#5BD1DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD1DC

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD1DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD1DC	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2C9DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd1dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 209, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.106 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96dfe6',
    500: '#5bd1dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd1dc;
$custom-light: #96dfe6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd1dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.116,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79781,
    "c": 0.10629,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD1DC

secondary

#9F443C

accent

#2819CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD1DC

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

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