#5BD5CE#5BD5CE

#5BD5CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.109 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5CE
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 206)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, -35.51, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 36.15, 190.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.25% -0.1074 -0.019)
OKLCH	oklch(80.25% 0.109 190)
XYZ	xyz(39.2444, 54.2649, 66.7865)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5CE #D55B62

analogous

#5BD591 #5BD5CE #5B9FD5

triadic

#5BD5CE #CE5BD5 #D5CE5B

tetradic

#5BD5CE #915BD5 #D55B62 #9FD55B

square

#5BD5CE #915BD5 #D55B62 #9FD55B

split-complementary

#5BD5CE #D55B9F #D5915B

monochromatic

#25918A #32C1B9 #5BD5CE #8CE1DD #BCEEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5BD5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#5BD5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5CE

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5CE	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.109 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2dc',
    500: '#5bd5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5ce;
$custom-light: #95e2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.557,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80247,
    "c": 0.10907,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.54269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5CE

secondary

#963E43

accent

#454EE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5CE

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

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