#5BD9DC#5BD9DC

#5BD9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9DC
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -33.64, -11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 35.70, 199.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.1057 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.111 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0400, 57.0128, 76.4853)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9DC #DC5E5B

analogous

#5BDC9E #5BD9DC #5B98DC

triadic

#5BD9DC #DC5BD9 #D9DC5B

tetradic

#5BD9DC #9E5BDC #DC5E5B #98DC5B

square

#5BD9DC #9E5BDC #DC5E5B #98DC5B

split-complementary

#5BD9DC #DC5B98 #DC9E5B

monochromatic

#21999B #2CCACE #5BD9DC #8DE5E7 #C0F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5BD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#5BD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9DC

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9DC	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C0DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5e6',
    500: '#5bd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9dc;
$custom-light: #97e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.395,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81652,
    "c": 0.11074,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9DC

secondary

#9F3E3C

accent

#1D19CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9DC

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

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