#5BD9CE#5BD9CE

#5BD9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.113 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9CE
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 206)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 5.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -37.35, -5.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 37.70, 187.73°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.1116 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.113 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2629, 56.3020, 67.1261)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9CE #D95B66

analogous

#5BD98F #5BD9CE #5BA5D9

triadic

#5BD9CE #CE5BD9 #D9CE5B

tetradic

#5BD9CE #8F5BD9 #D95B66 #A5D95B

square

#5BD9CE #8F5BD9 #D95B66 #A5D95B

split-complementary

#5BD9CE #D95BA5 #D98F5B

monochromatic

#23978D #2EC8BB #5BD9CE #8DE5DD #BEF0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#5BD9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9CE

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9CE	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC0CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.113 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5dc',
    500: '#5bd9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9ce;
$custom-light: #96e5dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.762,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81194,
    "c": 0.11253,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9CE

secondary

#9B3D45

accent

#1B2BCA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9CE

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

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