#5BD8DC#5BD8DC

#5BD8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.110 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8DC
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -33.17, -12.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 35.40, 200.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.1046 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.11 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7830, 56.4989, 76.3997)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8DC #DC5F5B

analogous

#5BDC9F #5BD8DC #5B97DC

triadic

#5BD8DC #DC5BD8 #D8DC5B

tetradic

#5BD8DC #9F5BDC #DC5F5B #97DC5B

square

#5BD8DC #9F5BDC #DC5F5B #97DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD8DC #DC5B97 #DC9F5B

monochromatic

#21989B #2CC9CE #5BD8DC #8DE4E7 #C0F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#5BD8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8DC

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8DC	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.110 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e4e6',
    500: '#5bd8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8dc;
$custom-light: #96e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.86,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81418,
    "c": 0.11011,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8DC

secondary

#9F3F3C

accent

#1E19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8DC

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

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