#5BDCD6#5BDCD6

#5BDCD6 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.113 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCD6
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 214)
HSL	hsl(177, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 2.7%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.88, -36.64, -7.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.88, 37.45, 191.89°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.1113 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.113 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.0399, 58.2612, 72.6353)
Luminance	0.5827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCD6 #DC5B61

analogous

#5BDC95 #5BDCD6 #5BA1DC

triadic

#5BDCD6 #D65BDC #DCD65B

tetradic

#5BDCD6 #955BDC #DC5B61 #A1DC5B

square

#5BDCD6 #955BDC #DC5B61 #A1DC5B

split-complementary

#5BDCD6 #DC5BA1 #DC955B

monochromatic

#219B96 #2CCEC6 #5BDCD6 #8DE7E3 #C0F2EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#5BDCD6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#5BDCD6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCD6

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCD6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCD6	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0D2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCC2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcd6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.113 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e7e2',
    500: '#5bdcd6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcd6;
$custom-light: #96e7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcd6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82158,
    "c": 0.11338,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCD6

secondary

#9F3C40

accent

#1921CD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCD6

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

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