#5CB8BC#5CB8BC

#5CB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.088 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB8BC
RGB	rgb(92, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -26.18, -10.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 28.18, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0828 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.088 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6275, 40.1844, 53.7095)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB8BC #BC605C

analogous

#5CBC90 #5CB8BC #5C88BC

triadic

#5CB8BC #BC5CB8 #B8BC5C

tetradic

#5CB8BC #905CBC #BC605C #88BC5C

square

#5CB8BC #905CBC #BC605C #88BC5C

split-complementary

#5CB8BC #BC5C88 #BC905C

monochromatic

#2E6D70 #40979B #5CB8BC #87CBCE #B3DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5CB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#5CB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB8BC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB8BC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.088 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdd0',
    500: '#5cb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb8bc;
$custom-light: #92cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72804,
    "c": 0.0877,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB8BC

secondary

#CEA7A6

accent

#5B56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB8BC

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

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