#5BD3DC#5BD3DC

#5BD3DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.107 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD3DC
RGB	rgb(91, 211, 220)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -30.79, -14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 34.05, 205.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.0994 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.107 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5215, 53.9758, 75.9791)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD3DC #DC645B

analogous

#5BDCA4 #5BD3DC #5B92DC

triadic

#5BD3DC #DC5BD3 #D3DC5B

tetradic

#5BD3DC #A45BDC #DC645B #92DC5B

square

#5BD3DC #A45BDC #DC645B #92DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD3DC #DC5B92 #DCA45B

monochromatic

#21939B #2CC3CE #5BD3DC #8DE1E7 #C0EEF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#5BD3DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#5BD3DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD3DC

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD3DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD3DC	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4CBDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0BCDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd3dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 211, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.107 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1e6',
    500: '#5bd3dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd3dc;
$custom-light: #96e1e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd3dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.186,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80248,
    "c": 0.10728,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD3DC

secondary

#9F433C

accent

#2519CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD3DC

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

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