#5BDECE#5BDECE

#5BDECE is a very light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.117 H 184.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BDECE
RGB	rgb(91, 222, 206)
HSL	hsl(173, 66%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(59%, 0%, 7.2%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, -39.63, -2.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 39.74, 184.21°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.1168 -0.0085)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.117 184.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.5712, 58.9187, 67.5622)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BDECE #DE5B6B

analogous

#5BDE8D #5BDECE #5BADDE

triadic

#5BDECE #CE5BDE #DECE5B

tetradic

#5BDECE #8D5BDE #DE5B6B #ADDE5B

square

#5BDECE #8D5BDE #DE5B6B #ADDE5B

split-complementary

#5BDECE #DE5BAD #DE8D5B

monochromatic

#209F8F #2AD2BD #5BDECE #8EE8DD #C1F3EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#5BDECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#5BDECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BDECE

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BDECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BDECE	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4D2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0C4D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bdece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 222, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.117 184.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#96e9dc',
    500: '#5bdece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bdece;
$custom-light: #96e9dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bdece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.672,
    "s": 66.497,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82379,
    "c": 0.11715,
    "h": 184.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BDECE

secondary

#A23B48

accent

#172ECE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FDFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0F1615

muted

#808484

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BDECE

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

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