#5BD9CD#5BD9CD

#5BD9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9CD
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 205)
HSL	hsl(174, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 5.5%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -37.61, -4.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 37.89, 186.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.16% -0.112 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(81.16% 0.113 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1418, 56.2536, 66.4883)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9CD #D95B67

analogous

#5BD98E #5BD9CD #5BA6D9

triadic

#5BD9CD #CD5BD9 #D9CD5B

tetradic

#5BD9CD #8E5BD9 #D95B67 #A6D95B

square

#5BD9CD #8E5BD9 #D95B67 #A6D95B

split-complementary

#5BD9CD #D95BA6 #D98E5B

monochromatic

#23978C #2EC8BA #5BD9CD #8DE5DC #BEF0EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#5BD9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9CD

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9CD	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFCECD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5dc',
    500: '#5bd9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9cd;
$custom-light: #96e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81163,
    "c": 0.1128,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9CD

secondary

#9B3D46

accent

#1B2CCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9CD

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

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