#5BD6DC#5BD6DC

#5BD6DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.109 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6DC
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 220)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.32, -32.22, -13.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.32, 34.84, 202.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.95% -0.1026 -0.0367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.95% 0.109 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.2737, 55.4803, 76.2299)
Luminance	0.5548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6DC #DC615B

analogous

#5BDCA1 #5BD6DC #5B95DC

triadic

#5BD6DC #DC5BD6 #D6DC5B

tetradic

#5BD6DC #A15BDC #DC615B #95DC5B

square

#5BD6DC #A15BDC #DC615B #95DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD6DC #DC5B95 #DCA15B

monochromatic

#21969B #2CC6CE #5BD6DC #8DE3E7 #C0EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#5BD6DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#5BD6DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6DC

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6DC	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.109 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3e6',
    500: '#5bd6dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6dc;
$custom-light: #96e3e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8095,
    "c": 0.10892,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6DC

secondary

#9F403C

accent

#2119CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6DC

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

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