#5BD8CE#5BD8CE

#5BD8CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.112 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8CE
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 4.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.49, -36.90, -5.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.49, 37.30, 188.48°)
OKLab	oklab(80.96% -0.1106 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(80.96% 0.112 188)
XYZ	xyz(40.0059, 55.7880, 67.0404)
Luminance	0.5579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8CE #D85B65

analogous

#5BD88F #5BD8CE #5BA3D8

triadic

#5BD8CE #CE5BD8 #D8CE5B

tetradic

#5BD8CE #8F5BD8 #D85B65 #A3D85B

square

#5BD8CE #8F5BD8 #D85B65 #A3D85B

split-complementary

#5BD8CE #D85BA3 #D88F5B

monochromatic

#23958C #2FC7BA #5BD8CE #8CE4DD #BEF0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#5BD8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8CE

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8CE	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BABFCF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.112 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4dc',
    500: '#5bd8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8ce;
$custom-light: #96e4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80957,
    "c": 0.11165,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.55792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8CE

secondary

#9A3D45

accent

#1C2AC9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8CE

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

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