#5BD6DD#5BD6DD

#5BD6DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6DD
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 221)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, -31.95, -13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 34.77, 203.27°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.1021 -0.038)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.4066, 55.5335, 76.9295)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6DD #DD625B

analogous

#5BDDA3 #5BD6DD #5B95DD

triadic

#5BD6DD #DD5BD6 #D6DD5B

tetradic

#5BD6DD #A35BDD #DD625B #95DD5B

square

#5BD6DD #A35BDD #DD625B #95DD5B

split-complementary

#5BD6DD #DD5B95 #DDA35B

monochromatic

#21969D #2BC7D0 #5BD6DD #8EE3E8 #C0EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD6DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#5BD6DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6DD

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6DD	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CDDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e3e7',
    500: '#5bd6dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6dd;
$custom-light: #96e3e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80984,
    "c": 0.109,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6DD

secondary

#A1413B

accent

#2218CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6DD

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

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