#5BD4DE#5BD4DE

#5BD4DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.108 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD4DE
RGB	rgb(91, 212, 222)
HSL	hsl(185, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 4.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -30.71, -15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 34.22, 206.18°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0997 -0.0418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.108 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0371, 54.5808, 77.4655)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD4DE #DE655B

analogous

#5BDEA7 #5BD4DE #5B93DE

triadic

#5BD4DE #DE5BD4 #D4DE5B

tetradic

#5BD4DE #A75BDE #DE655B #93DE5B

square

#5BD4DE #A75BDE #DE655B #93DE5B

split-complementary

#5BD4DE #DE5B93 #DEA75B

monochromatic

#20959F #2AC5D2 #5BD4DE #8EE1E8 #C1EFF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#5BD4DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#5BD4DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD4DE

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD4DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD4DE	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BDDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd4de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 212, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.108 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e1e8',
    500: '#5bd4de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd4de;
$custom-light: #96e1e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd4de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.58,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80552,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD4DE

secondary

#A2433B

accent

#2517CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD4DE

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

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