#5BB0B0#5BB0B0

#5BB0B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.082 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0B0
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 176)
HSL	hsl(180, 35%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(180, 48%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.3%, 0%, 0%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.83, -25.63, -7.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.83, 26.84, 197.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0795 -0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.082 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.6730, 36.4070, 46.6348)
Luminance	0.3641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0B0 #B05B5B

analogous

#5BB086 #5BB0B0 #5B86B0

triadic

#5BB0B0 #B05BB0 #B0B05B

tetradic

#5BB0B0 #865BB0 #B05B5B #86B05B

square

#5BB0B0 #865BB0 #B05B5B #86B05B

split-complementary

#5BB0B0 #B05B86 #B0865B

monochromatic

#2F6262 #438B8B #5BB0B0 #84C4C4 #AED8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#5BB0B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#5BB0B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0B0

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0B0	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7A9B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989EB1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#27B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.082 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8c7',
    500: '#5bb0b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0b0;
$custom-light: #90c8c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 34.979,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70442,
    "c": 0.08248,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0B0

secondary

#C6A1A1

accent

#5D5DCB

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0B0

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

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