#5BDCDF#5BDCDF

#5BDCDF is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.113 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCDF
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 223)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -34.24, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 36.32, 199.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.1075 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.113 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.2211, 58.7338, 78.8567)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCDF #DF5E5B

analogous

#5BDFA0 #5BDCDF #5B9ADF

triadic

#5BDCDF #DF5BDC #DCDF5B

tetradic

#5BDCDF #A05BDF #DF5E5B #9ADF5B

square

#5BDCDF #A05BDF #DF5E5B #9ADF5B

split-complementary

#5BDCDF #DF5B9A #DFA05B

monochromatic

#1F9DA0 #29D0D4 #5BDCDF #8EE7E9 #C1F2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#5BDCDF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#5BDCDF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCDF

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCDF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCDF	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CED2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9C3E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcdf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.113 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e7e9',
    500: '#5bdcdf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcdf;
$custom-light: #97e7e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcdf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82456,
    "c": 0.11265,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCDF

secondary

#A33D3B

accent

#1A16CF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1616

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCDF

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

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