#5BD9CF#5BD9CF

#5BD9CF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.112 H 188.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9CF
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 207)
HSL	hsl(175, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 4.6%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -37.09, -5.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 37.51, 188.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.1112 -0.0156)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.112 188)
XYZ	xyz(40.3848, 56.3507, 67.7679)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9CF #D95B65

analogous

#5BD990 #5BD9CF #5BA4D9

triadic

#5BD9CF #CF5BD9 #D9CF5B

tetradic

#5BD9CF #905BD9 #D95B65 #A4D95B

square

#5BD9CF #905BD9 #D95B65 #A4D95B

split-complementary

#5BD9CF #D95BA4 #D9905B

monochromatic

#23978D #2EC8BC #5BD9CF #8DE5DE #BEF0EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#5BD9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9CF

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9CF	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CECECF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAC0D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DED6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.112 188.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5dd',
    500: '#5bd9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9cf;
$custom-light: #96e5dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.238,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81226,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 188
  },
  "luminance": 0.56355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9CF

secondary

#9B3D44

accent

#1B29CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1615

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9CF

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

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