#5BD6DF#5BD6DF

#5BD6DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.109 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6DF
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 223)
HSL	hsl(184, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 4%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.41, -31.39, -14.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.41, 34.67, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.1013 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.109 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.6746, 55.6407, 78.3412)
Luminance	0.5565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6DF #DF645B

analogous

#5BDFA6 #5BD6DF #5B94DF

triadic

#5BD6DF #DF5BD6 #D6DF5B

tetradic

#5BD6DF #A65BDF #DF645B #94DF5B

square

#5BD6DF #A65BDF #DF645B #94DF5B

split-complementary

#5BD6DF #DF5B94 #DFA65B

monochromatic

#1F98A0 #29C8D4 #5BD6DF #8EE3E9 #C1F0F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD6DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#5BD6DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6DF

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6DF	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7CEE0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEE0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.109 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3e9',
    500: '#5bd6df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6df;
$custom-light: #97e3e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81054,
    "c": 0.10921,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6DF

secondary

#A3423B

accent

#2316CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6DF

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

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