#5BD4CC#5BD4CC

#5BD4CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.109 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4CC
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -35.57, -6.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 36.11, 189.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% -0.1072 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.109 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.7522, 53.6669, 65.4315)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4CC #D45B63

analogous

#5BD490 #5BD4CC #5BA0D4

triadic

#5BD4CC #CC5BD4 #D4CC5B

tetradic

#5BD4CC #905BD4 #D45B63 #A0D45B

square

#5BD4CC #905BD4 #D45B63 #A0D45B

split-complementary

#5BD4CC #D45BA0 #D4905B

monochromatic

#268F88 #32C0B6 #5BD4CC #8BE1DB #BCEDEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#5BD4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#5BD4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4CC

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4CC	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.109 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1db',
    500: '#5bd4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4cc;
$custom-light: #95e1db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.033,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79946,
    "c": 0.10862,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4CC

secondary

#953E44

accent

#4650E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4CC

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

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