#5BD6CC#5BD6CC

#5BD6CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.110 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6CC
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 204)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 4.7%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.85, -36.49, -5.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.85, 36.89, 188.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.1093 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.11 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.2552, 54.6730, 65.5992)
Luminance	0.5468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6CC #D65B65

analogous

#5BD68F #5BD6CC #5BA3D6

triadic

#5BD6CC #CC5BD6 #D6CC5B

tetradic

#5BD6CC #8F5BD6 #D65B65 #A3D65B

square

#5BD6CC #8F5BD6 #D65B65 #A3D65B

split-complementary

#5BD6CC #D65BA3 #D68F5B

monochromatic

#259289 #31C3B7 #5BD6CC #8CE2DB #BDEEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#5BD6CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#5BD6CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6CC

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6CC	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCCCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8BDCD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DBD3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.110 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e3db',
    500: '#5bd6cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6cc;
$custom-light: #95e3db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.122,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8042,
    "c": 0.11036,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6CC

secondary

#973E45

accent

#4552E3

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6CC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →