#5DB5BD#5DB5BD

#5DB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.085 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5DB5BD
RGB	rgb(93, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.8%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.78, -24.19, -12.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.78, 27.10, 206.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.0783 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.085 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2197, 39.0463, 54.0784)
Luminance	0.3905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5DB5BD #BD655D

analogous

#5DBD95 #5DB5BD #5D85BD

triadic

#5DB5BD #BD5DB5 #B5BD5D

tetradic

#5DB5BD #955DBD #BD655D #85BD5D

square

#5DB5BD #955DBD #BD655D #85BD5D

split-complementary

#5DB5BD #BD5D85 #BD955D

monochromatic

#2E6C71 #40959D #5DB5BD #88C9CF #B4DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#5DB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#5DB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5DB5BD

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5DB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5DB5BD	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5db5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(93, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.085 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cbd0',
    500: '#5db5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5db5bd;
$custom-light: #92cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5db5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 93,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72168,
    "c": 0.08526,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5DB5BD

secondary

#CFAAA7

accent

#6056D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5DB5BD

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

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