#5BD9CC#5BD9CC

#5BD9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.113 H 185.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9CC
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 204)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.73, -37.87, -4.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.73, 38.09, 186.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.1125 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.113 185.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0215, 56.2054, 65.8546)
Luminance	0.5621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9CC #D95B68

analogous

#5BD98D #5BD9CC #5BA7D9

triadic

#5BD9CC #CC5BD9 #D9CC5B

tetradic

#5BD9CC #8D5BD9 #D95B68 #A7D95B

square

#5BD9CC #8D5BD9 #D95B68 #A7D95B

split-complementary

#5BD9CC #D95BA7 #D98D5B

monochromatic

#23978B #2EC8B8 #5BD9CC #8DE5DB #BEF0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#5BD9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#5BD9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9CC

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9CC	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.113 185.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5db',
    500: '#5bd9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9cc;
$custom-light: #96e5db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.81,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81131,
    "c": 0.11308,
    "h": 185.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9CC

secondary

#9B3D47

accent

#1B2DCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9CC

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

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