#5BDCD9#5BDCD9

#5BDCD9 is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.113 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCD9
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 217)
HSL	hsl(179, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.97, -35.85, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.97, 37.01, 194.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.11 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.113 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4265, 58.4159, 74.6717)
Luminance	0.5842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCD9 #DC5B5E

analogous

#5BDC98 #5BDCD9 #5B9EDC

triadic

#5BDCD9 #D95BDC #DCD95B

tetradic

#5BDCD9 #985BDC #DC5B5E #9EDC5B

square

#5BDCD9 #985BDC #DC5B5E #9EDC5B

split-complementary

#5BDCD9 #DC5B9E #DC985B

monochromatic

#219B99 #2CCECA #5BDCD9 #8DE7E5 #C0F2F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#5BDCD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#5BDCD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCD9

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCD9	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFD2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBC3DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.113 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e7e4',
    500: '#5bdcd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcd9;
$custom-light: #97e7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82256,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCD9

secondary

#9F3C3E

accent

#191DCD

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCD9

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

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