#5BDCEC#5BDCEC

#5BDCEC is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.114 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDCEC
RGB	rgb(91, 220, 236)
HSL	hsl(187, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 6.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.54, -30.63, -18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.54, 35.75, 211.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.1022 -0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.114 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.0415, 59.4619, 88.4442)
Luminance	0.5947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDCEC #EC6B5B

analogous

#5BECB4 #5BDCEC #5B94EC

triadic

#5BDCEC #EC5BDC #DCEC5B

tetradic

#5BDCEC #B45BEC #EC6B5B #94EC5B

square

#5BDCEC #B45BEC #EC6B5B #94EC5B

split-complementary

#5BDCEC #EC5B94 #ECB45B

monochromatic

#15A5B7 #24D0E6 #5BDCEC #92E8F2 #C9F3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#5BDCEC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#5BDCEC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDCEC

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDCEC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDCEC	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBD4ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5C4EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdcec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 220, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.114 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#98e7f2',
    500: '#5bdcec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdcec;
$custom-light: #98e7f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdcec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.621,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82911,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDCEC

secondary

#B74334

accent

#210ADC

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1616

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDCEC

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

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