#5BDCC6#5BDCC6

#5BDCC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.118 H 180.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCC6
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 198)
HSL	hsl(170, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 10%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.45, -40.74, 0.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.45, 40.74, 179.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.1183 -0.0002)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.118 180.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0960, 57.4837, 62.3975)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCC6 #DC5B71

analogous

#5BDC85 #5BDCC6 #5BB2DC

triadic

#5BDCC6 #C65BDC #DCC65B

tetradic

#5BDCC6 #855BDC #DC5B71 #B2DC5B

square

#5BDCC6 #855BDC #DC5B71 #B2DC5B

split-complementary

#5BDCC6 #DC5BB2 #DC855B

monochromatic

#219B87 #2CCEB2 #5BDCC6 #8DE7D8 #C0F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BDCC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#5BDCC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCC6

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCC6	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.118 180.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7d7',
    500: '#5bdcc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcc6;
$custom-light: #96e7d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.767,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81663,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 180.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCC6

secondary

#9F3C4D

accent

#1938CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCC6

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

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