#5BD5CF#5BD5CF

#5BD5CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.109 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5CF
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 207)
HSL	hsl(177, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 2.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -35.24, -7.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 35.99, 191.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.28% -0.107 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(80.28% 0.109 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.3662, 54.3137, 67.4284)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5CF #D55B61

analogous

#5BD592 #5BD5CF #5B9ED5

triadic

#5BD5CF #CF5BD5 #D5CF5B

tetradic

#5BD5CF #925BD5 #D55B61 #9ED55B

square

#5BD5CF #925BD5 #D55B61 #9ED55B

split-complementary

#5BD5CF #D55B9E #D5925B

monochromatic

#25918B #32C1BA #5BD5CF #8CE1DD #BCEEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#5BD5CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#5BD5CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5CF

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5CF	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACBCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6BDD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DAD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.109 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e2dd',
    500: '#5bd5cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5cf;
$custom-light: #95e2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.049,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80279,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5CF

secondary

#963E42

accent

#454DE2

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5CF

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

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