#5BDAD9#5BDAD9

#5BDAD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.112 H 194.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDAD9
RGB	rgb(91, 218, 217)
HSL	hsl(180, 63%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(180, 58%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -34.92, -10.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 36.33, 196.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% -0.108 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.112 194.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9048, 57.3724, 74.4978)
Luminance	0.5738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDAD9 #DA5B5C

analogous

#5BDA9A #5BDAD9 #5B9BDA

triadic

#5BDAD9 #D95BDA #DAD95B

tetradic

#5BDAD9 #9A5BDA #DA5B5C #9BDA5B

square

#5BDAD9 #9A5BDA #DA5B5C #9BDA5B

split-complementary

#5BDAD9 #DA5B9B #DA9A5B

monochromatic

#229897 #2ECAC9 #5BDAD9 #8DE5E5 #BFF1F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BDAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#5BDAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDAD9

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDAD9	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDD0D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C1DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 218, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.112 194.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e6e4',
    500: '#5bdad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdad9;
$custom-light: #96e6e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.528,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81786,
    "c": 0.11151,
    "h": 194.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDAD9

secondary

#9D3D3D

accent

#1B1CCB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDAD9

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

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