#5BD8CF#5BD8CF

#5BD8CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.111 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8CF
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 207)
HSL	hsl(176, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 0%, 4.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.52, -36.63, -6.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.52, 37.12, 189.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.99% -0.1101 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(80.99% 0.111 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1278, 55.8368, 67.6822)
Luminance	0.5584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8CF #D85B64

analogous

#5BD890 #5BD8CF #5BA2D8

triadic

#5BD8CF #CF5BD8 #D8CF5B

tetradic

#5BD8CF #905BD8 #D85B64 #A2D85B

square

#5BD8CF #905BD8 #D85B64 #A2D85B

split-complementary

#5BD8CF #D85BA2 #D8905B

monochromatic

#23958D #2FC7BC #5BD8CF #8CE4DD #BEF0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#5BD8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8CF

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8CF	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCDCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9BFD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.111 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4dd',
    500: '#5bd8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8cf;
$custom-light: #96e4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.68,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80989,
    "c": 0.11141,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8CF

secondary

#9A3D44

accent

#1C29C9

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8CF

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

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