#5BDCC9#5BDCC9

#5BDCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.117 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCC9
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 201)
HSL	hsl(171, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 8.6%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -39.99, -1.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 40.01, 181.88°)
OKLab	oklab(81.75% -0.1169 -0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(81.75% 0.117 182)
XYZ	xyz(40.4454, 57.6235, 64.2380)
Luminance	0.5763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCC9 #DC5B6E

analogous

#5BDC88 #5BDCC9 #5BAEDC

triadic

#5BDCC9 #C95BDC #DCC95B

tetradic

#5BDCC9 #885BDC #DC5B6E #AEDC5B

square

#5BDCC9 #885BDC #DC5B6E #AEDC5B

split-complementary

#5BDCC9 #DC5BAE #DC885B

monochromatic

#219B89 #2CCEB6 #5BDCC9 #8DE7DA #C0F2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#5BDCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#5BDCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCC9

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCC9	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3D0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFC2CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.117 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7d9',
    500: '#5bdcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcc9;
$custom-light: #96e7d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.163,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81753,
    "c": 0.11701,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.57628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCC9

secondary

#9F3C4B

accent

#1933CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCC9

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

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