#5BD5C8#5BD5C8

#5BD5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.111 H 185.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5C8
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 200)
HSL	hsl(174, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 6.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.45, -37.06, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.45, 37.26, 185.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.11 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.111 185.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5294, 53.9789, 63.0209)
Luminance	0.5398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5C8 #D55B68

analogous

#5BD58B #5BD5C8 #5BA5D5

triadic

#5BD5C8 #C85BD5 #D5C85B

tetradic

#5BD5C8 #8B5BD5 #D55B68 #A5D55B

square

#5BD5C8 #8B5BD5 #D55B68 #A5D55B

split-complementary

#5BD5C8 #D55BA5 #D58B5B

monochromatic

#259185 #32C1B2 #5BD5C8 #8CE1D8 #BCEEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#5BD5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#5BD5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5C8

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5C8	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)

#CBCAC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BCC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D9D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.111 185.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2d8',
    500: '#5bd5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5c8;
$custom-light: #95e2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.607,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80057,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 185.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5C8

secondary

#963E47

accent

#4556E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5C8

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

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