#5BD4CF#5BD4CF

#5BD4CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.108 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4CF
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 207)
HSL	hsl(178, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 2.4%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, -34.78, -7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 35.63, 192.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.1059 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.108 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.1155, 53.8122, 67.3448)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4CF #D45B60

analogous

#5BD493 #5BD4CF #5B9CD4

triadic

#5BD4CF #CF5BD4 #D4CF5B

tetradic

#5BD4CF #935BD4 #D45B60 #9CD45B

square

#5BD4CF #935BD4 #D45B60 #9CD45B

split-complementary

#5BD4CF #D45B9C #D4935B

monochromatic

#268F8B #32C0BA #5BD4CF #8BE1DD #BCEDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#5BD4CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#5BD4CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4CF

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4CF	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BCD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.108 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e1dd',
    500: '#5bd4cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4cf;
$custom-light: #95e1dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80043,
    "c": 0.10808,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4CF

secondary

#953E42

accent

#464DE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4CF

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

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