#5BD5DC#5BD5DC

#5BD5DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.108 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5DC
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.03, -31.74, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.03, 34.57, 203.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.1015 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.108 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0214, 54.9757, 76.1458)
Luminance	0.5498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5DC #DC625B

analogous

#5BDCA2 #5BD5DC #5B94DC

triadic

#5BD5DC #DC5BD5 #D5DC5B

tetradic

#5BD5DC #A25BDC #DC625B #94DC5B

square

#5BD5DC #A25BDC #DC625B #94DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD5DC #DC5B94 #DCA25B

monochromatic

#21959B #2CC5CE #5BD5DC #8DE2E7 #C0EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD5DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#5BD5DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5DC

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5DC	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.108 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2e6',
    500: '#5bd5dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5dc;
$custom-light: #96e2e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.256,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80716,
    "c": 0.10835,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5DC

secondary

#9F413C

accent

#2319CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5DC

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

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