#5BD5DD#5BD5DD

#5BD5DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.108 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD5DD
RGB	rgb(91, 213, 221)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 3.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -31.47, -14.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 34.51, 204.25°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.1011 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.108 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1543, 55.0289, 76.8454)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD5DD #DD635B

analogous

#5BDDA4 #5BD5DD #5B94DD

triadic

#5BD5DD #DD5BD5 #D5DD5B

tetradic

#5BD5DD #A45BDD #DD635B #94DD5B

square

#5BD5DD #A45BDD #DD635B #94DD5B

split-complementary

#5BD5DD #DD5B94 #DDA45B

monochromatic

#21959D #2BC6D0 #5BD5DD #8EE2E8 #C0EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD5DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#5BD5DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD5DD

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD5DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD5DD	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CCDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BDDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd5dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 213, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.108 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e2e7',
    500: '#5bd5dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd5dd;
$custom-light: #96e2e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd5dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.692,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80751,
    "c": 0.10845,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD5DD

secondary

#A1423B

accent

#2318CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD5DD

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

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