#5CB5BD#5CB5BD

#5CB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.086 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB5BD
RGB	rgb(92, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -24.41, -12.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 27.32, 206.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.079 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.086 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1191, 38.9945, 54.0737)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB5BD #BD645C

analogous

#5CBD94 #5CB5BD #5C85BD

triadic

#5CB5BD #BD5CB5 #B5BD5C

tetradic

#5CB5BD #945CBD #BD645C #85BD5C

square

#5CB5BD #945CBD #BD645C #85BD5C

split-complementary

#5CB5BD #BD5C85 #BD945C

monochromatic

#2E6B71 #3F959C #5CB5BD #88C9CF #B3DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5CB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#5CB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB5BD

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB5BD	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.086 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbd0',
    500: '#5cb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb5bd;
$custom-light: #92cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.948,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72128,
    "c": 0.08597,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB5BD

secondary

#CFA9A6

accent

#6056D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB5BD

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

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