#5BD9D4#5BD9D4

#5BD9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.111 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9D4
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 212)
HSL	hsl(178, 62%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 2.3%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, -35.78, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 36.67, 192.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% -0.109 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.111 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0057, 56.5991, 71.0383)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9D4 #D95B60

analogous

#5BD995 #5BD9D4 #5B9FD9

triadic

#5BD9D4 #D45BD9 #D9D45B

tetradic

#5BD9D4 #955BD9 #D95B60 #9FD95B

square

#5BD9D4 #955BD9 #D95B60 #9FD95B

split-complementary

#5BD9D4 #D95B9F #D9955B

monochromatic

#239792 #2EC8C2 #5BD9D4 #8DE5E1 #BEF0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#5BD9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#5BD9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9D4

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9D4	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDCFD4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C0D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.111 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e5e1',
    500: '#5bd9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9d4;
$custom-light: #96e5e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.619,
    "s": 62.376,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81386,
    "c": 0.11131,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9D4

secondary

#9B3D41

accent

#1B22CA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9D4

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

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