#5BD9DD#5BD9DD

#5BD9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.111 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD9DD
RGB	rgb(91, 217, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.22, -33.37, -12.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.22, 35.61, 200.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.69% -0.1053 -0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(81.69% 0.111 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1728, 57.0660, 77.1849)
Luminance	0.5707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD9DD #DD5F5B

analogous

#5BDDA0 #5BD9DD #5B98DD

triadic

#5BD9DD #DD5BD9 #D9DD5B

tetradic

#5BD9DD #A05BDD #DD5F5B #98DD5B

square

#5BD9DD #A05BDD #DD5F5B #98DD5B

split-complementary

#5BD9DD #DD5B98 #DDA05B

monochromatic

#21999D #2BCBD0 #5BD9DD #8EE5E8 #C0F0F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#5BD9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#5BD9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD9DD

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD9DD	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD0DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7C1DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 217, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.111 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e5e7',
    500: '#5bd9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd9dd;
$custom-light: #97e5e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81686,
    "c": 0.11075,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD9DD

secondary

#A13F3B

accent

#1E18CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD9DD

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

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