#5BDDC5#5BDDC5

#5BDDC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.120 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDDC5
RGB	rgb(91, 221, 197)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.8%, 0%, 10.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -41.44, 1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 41.45, 178.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.1197 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.12 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2443, 57.9642, 61.8798)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDDC5 #DD5B73

analogous

#5BDD84 #5BDDC5 #5BB4DD

triadic

#5BDDC5 #C55BDD #DDC55B

tetradic

#5BDDC5 #845BDD #DD5B73 #B4DD5B

square

#5BDDC5 #845BDD #DD5B73 #B4DD5B

split-complementary

#5BDDC5 #DD5BB4 #DD845B

monochromatic

#219D86 #2BD0B1 #5BDDC5 #8EE8D7 #C0F2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#5BDDC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#5BDDC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDDC5

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDDC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDDC5	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5D1C4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1C2C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bddc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 221, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.120 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e8d6',
    500: '#5bddc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bddc5;
$custom-light: #96e8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bddc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81872,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDDC5

secondary

#A13B4E

accent

#183ACE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFB

border

#CFD5D4

text

#0E1614

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDDC5

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

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