#5BD9B2#5BD9B2

#5BD9B2 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.126 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9B2
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 178)
HSL	hsl(161, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 18%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -44.20, 8.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 45.08, 168.71°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.124 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.126 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.1593, 55.0605, 50.7803)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9B2 #D95B82

analogous

#5BD973 #5BD9B2 #5BC1D9

triadic

#5BD9B2 #B25BD9 #D9B25B

tetradic

#5BD9B2 #735BD9 #D95B82 #C1D95B

square

#5BD9B2 #735BD9 #D95B82 #C1D95B

split-complementary

#5BD9B2 #D95BC1 #D9735B

monochromatic

#239773 #2EC899 #5BD9B2 #8DE5C9 #BEF0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#5BD9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#5BD9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9B2

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9B2	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4CCB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1BEB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DACE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.126 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#94e5c9',
    500: '#5bd9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9b2;
$custom-light: #94e5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.429,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80383,
    "c": 0.12608,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9B2

secondary

#9B3D5A

accent

#1B51CA

background

#FCFEFD

surface

#F5FCF9

border

#CFD5D2

text

#0E1613

muted

#7F8482

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9B2

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

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