#5BB0BC#5BB0BC

#5BB0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.084 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB0BC
RGB	rgb(91, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, -22.37, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 26.41, 212.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0744 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.084 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9132, 36.9031, 53.1665)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB0BC #BC675B

analogous

#5BBC98 #5BB0BC #5B7FBC

triadic

#5BB0BC #BC5BB0 #B0BC5B

tetradic

#5BB0BC #985BBC #BC675B #7FBC5B

square

#5BB0BC #985BBC #BC675B #7FBC5B

split-complementary

#5BB0BC #BC5B7F #BC985B

monochromatic

#2D676F #3F8F9B #5BB0BC #86C5CE #B2DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5BB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#5BB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB0BC

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB0BC	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B6B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.084 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c7d0',
    500: '#5bb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb0bc;
$custom-light: #91c7d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.423,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70867,
    "c": 0.08393,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB0BC

secondary

#CEAAA5

accent

#6556D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB0BC

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

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