#5CB5BC#5CB5BC

#5CB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.086 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5BC
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -24.68, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 27.34, 205.48°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0794 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.086 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0110, 38.9512, 53.5040)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5BC #BC635C

analogous

#5CBC93 #5CB5BC #5C85BC

triadic

#5CB5BC #BC5CB5 #B5BC5C

tetradic

#5CB5BC #935CBC #BC635C #85BC5C

square

#5CB5BC #935CBC #BC635C #85BC5C

split-complementary

#5CB5BC #BC5C85 #BC935C

monochromatic

#2E6B70 #40949B #5CB5BC #87C9CE #B3DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5CB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#5CB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5BC

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5BC	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.086 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbd0',
    500: '#5cb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5bc;
$custom-light: #92cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.375,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72092,
    "c": 0.08582,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5BC

secondary

#CEA9A6

accent

#5F56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →