#5CB9BC#5CB9BC

#5CB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.088 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5CB9BC
RGB	rgb(92, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.90, -26.67, -10.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.90, 28.49, 200.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.084 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.088 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.8360, 40.6013, 53.7790)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5CB9BC #BC5F5C

analogous

#5CBC8F #5CB9BC #5C89BC

triadic

#5CB9BC #BC5CB9 #B9BC5C

tetradic

#5CB9BC #8F5CBC #BC5F5C #89BC5C

square

#5CB9BC #8F5CBC #BC5F5C #89BC5C

split-complementary

#5CB9BC #BC5C89 #BC8F5C

monochromatic

#2E6E70 #40989B #5CB9BC #87CCCE #B3DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5CB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#5CB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5CB9BC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5CB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5CB9BC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5cb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(92, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.088 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced0',
    500: '#5cb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5cb9bc;
$custom-light: #92ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5cb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 92,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 41.739,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73041,
    "c": 0.08838,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5CB9BC

secondary

#CEA7A6

accent

#5A56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5CB9BC

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

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