#5BDCDE#5BDCDE

#5BDCDE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.113 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCDE
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 222)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0.9%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -34.51, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 36.41, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(82.42% -0.1079 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(82.42% 0.113 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.0867, 58.6800, 78.1487)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCDE #DE5D5B

analogous

#5BDE9F #5BDCDE #5B9BDE

triadic

#5BDCDE #DE5BDC #DCDE5B

tetradic

#5BDCDE #9F5BDE #DE5D5B #9BDE5B

square

#5BDCDE #9F5BDE #DE5D5B #9BDE5B

split-complementary

#5BDCDE #DE5B9B #DE9F5B

monochromatic

#209D9F #2ACFD2 #5BDCDE #8EE7E8 #C1F2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#5BDCDE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#5BDCDE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCDE

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCDE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCDE	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcde;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.113 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e7e8',
    500: '#5bdcde',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcde;
$custom-light: #97e7e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcde",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.916,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82422,
    "c": 0.11266,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCDE

secondary

#A23D3B

accent

#1A17CE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCDE

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

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