#5BD9C2#5BD9C2

#5BD9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.117 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9C2
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 194)
HSL	hsl(169, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 10.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -40.39, 0.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 40.40, 178.77°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.1169 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.117 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.8604, 55.7410, 59.7396)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9C2 #D95B72

analogous

#5BD983 #5BD9C2 #5BB1D9

triadic

#5BD9C2 #C25BD9 #D9C25B

tetradic

#5BD9C2 #835BD9 #D95B72 #B1D95B

square

#5BD9C2 #835BD9 #D95B72 #B1D95B

split-complementary

#5BD9C2 #D95BB1 #D9835B

monochromatic

#239782 #2EC8AC #5BD9C2 #8DE5D4 #BEF0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#5BD9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#5BD9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9C2

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9C2	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1CDC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEBFC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DCD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.117 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5d4',
    500: '#5bd9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9c2;
$custom-light: #95e5d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.048,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80829,
    "c": 0.11688,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9C2

secondary

#9B3D4E

accent

#1B3BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9C2

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

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