#5BD5CC#5BD5CC

#5BD5CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.109 H 188.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5CC
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 204)
HSL	hsl(176, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 4.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -36.03, -5.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 36.50, 189.16°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.1083 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.109 188.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0029, 54.1684, 65.5151)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5CC #D55B64

analogous

#5BD58F #5BD5CC #5BA1D5

triadic

#5BD5CC #CC5BD5 #D5CC5B

tetradic

#5BD5CC #8F5BD5 #D55B64 #A1D55B

square

#5BD5CC #8F5BD5 #D55B64 #A1D55B

split-complementary

#5BD5CC #D55BA1 #D58F5B

monochromatic

#259189 #32C1B7 #5BD5CC #8CE1DB #BCEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5BD5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#5BD5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5CC

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5CC	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7BCCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.109 188.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2db',
    500: '#5bd5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5cc;
$custom-light: #95e2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.574,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80183,
    "c": 0.10949,
    "h": 188.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5CC

secondary

#963E45

accent

#4551E2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5CC

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

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