#5BD9C8#5BD9C8

#5BD9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.114 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9C8
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 200)
HSL	hsl(172, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 7.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -38.89, -2.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 38.95, 183.10°)
OKLab	oklab(81.01% -0.1142 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(81.01% 0.114 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.5479, 56.0160, 63.3604)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9C8 #D95B6C

analogous

#5BD989 #5BD9C8 #5BABD9

triadic

#5BD9C8 #C85BD9 #D9C85B

tetradic

#5BD9C8 #895BD9 #D95B6C #ABD95B

square

#5BD9C8 #895BD9 #D95B6C #ABD95B

split-complementary

#5BD9C8 #D95BAB #D9895B

monochromatic

#239787 #2EC8B4 #5BD9C8 #8DE5D9 #BEF0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#5BD9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9C8

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9C8	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0CEC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCBFCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.114 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#95e5d8',
    500: '#5bd9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9c8;
$custom-light: #95e5d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.905,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81008,
    "c": 0.1144,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9C8

secondary

#9B3D4A

accent

#1B33CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9C8

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

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