#5BD8DD#5BD8DD

#5BD8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.110 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD8DD
RGB	rgb(91, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.93, -32.89, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.93, 35.32, 201.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.1042 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.11 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9158, 56.5520, 77.0992)
Luminance	0.5656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD8DD #DD605B

analogous

#5BDDA1 #5BD8DD #5B97DD

triadic

#5BD8DD #DD5BD8 #D8DD5B

tetradic

#5BD8DD #A15BDD #DD605B #97DD5B

square

#5BD8DD #A15BDD #DD605B #97DD5B

split-complementary

#5BD8DD #DD5B97 #DDA15B

monochromatic

#21989D #2BC9D0 #5BD8DD #8EE4E8 #C0F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#5BD8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD8DD

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD8DD	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C0DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.110 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e4e7',
    500: '#5bd8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd8dd;
$custom-light: #97e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.308,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81452,
    "c": 0.11015,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD8DD

secondary

#A13F3B

accent

#1F18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1516

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD8DD

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

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