#5BAEBC#5BAEBC

#5BAEBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.083 H 209.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BAEBC
RGB	rgb(91, 174, 188)
HSL	hsl(189, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 7.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, -21.34, -14.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 26.04, 214.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.4% -0.0722 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.4% 0.083 209.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5240, 36.1246, 53.0368)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BAEBC #BC695B

analogous

#5BBC9A #5BAEBC #5B7EBC

triadic

#5BAEBC #BC5BAE #AEBC5B

tetradic

#5BAEBC #9A5BBC #BC695B #7EBC5B

square

#5BAEBC #9A5BBC #BC695B #7EBC5B

split-complementary

#5BAEBC #BC5B7E #BC9A5B

monochromatic

#2D666F #3F8D9B #5BAEBC #86C3CE #B2D9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#5BAEBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#5BAEBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BAEBC

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BAEBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BAEBC	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1A9BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18B5B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5baebc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 174, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.083 209.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c6d0',
    500: '#5baebc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5baebc;
$custom-light: #91c6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5baebc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.66,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70395,
    "c": 0.08311,
    "h": 209.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BAEBC

secondary

#CEABA5

accent

#6856D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BAEBC

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

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