#5BB0B2#5BB0B2

#5BB0B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.082 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0B2
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -25.10, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 26.65, 199.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.51% -0.0786 -0.0247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.51% 0.082 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.8724, 36.4867, 47.6847)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0B2 #B25D5B

analogous

#5BB288 #5BB0B2 #5B85B2

triadic

#5BB0B2 #B25BB0 #B0B25B

tetradic

#5BB0B2 #885BB2 #B25D5B #85B25B

square

#5BB0B2 #885BB2 #B25D5B #85B25B

split-complementary

#5BB0B2 #B25B85 #B2885B

monochromatic

#2F6364 #428C8D #5BB0B2 #85C4C6 #AED8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#5BB0B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#5BB0B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0B2

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0B2	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6A9B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#979EB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#25B5B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.082 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8c9',
    500: '#5bb0b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0b2;
$custom-light: #90c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.379,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70511,
    "c": 0.08244,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0B2

secondary

#C7A2A2

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0B2

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

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