#5BD8DB#5BD8DB

#5BD8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.110 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8DB
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 64%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 58%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -33.44, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 35.49, 199.58°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1051 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.11 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6510, 56.4461, 75.7042)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8DB #DB5E5B

analogous

#5BDB9E #5BD8DB #5B98DB

triadic

#5BD8DB #DB5BD8 #D8DB5B

tetradic

#5BD8DB #9E5BDB #DB5E5B #98DB5B

square

#5BD8DB #9E5BDB #DB5E5B #98DB5B

split-complementary

#5BD8DB #DB5B98 #DB9E5B

monochromatic

#22979A #2DC8CC #5BD8DB #8DE4E6 #BFF0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#5BD8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8DB

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8DB	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.110 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4e6',
    500: '#5bd8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8db;
$custom-light: #96e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.406,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81384,
    "c": 0.1101,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8DB

secondary

#9E3F3C

accent

#1E1ACC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1515

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8DB

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

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