#5BB1B2#5BB1B2

#5BB1B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.083 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1B2
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 178)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -25.60, -8.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 26.98, 198.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0798 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.083 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0692, 36.8803, 47.7503)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1B2 #B25C5B

analogous

#5BB288 #5BB1B2 #5B85B2

triadic

#5BB1B2 #B25BB1 #B1B25B

tetradic

#5BB1B2 #885BB2 #B25C5B #85B25B

square

#5BB1B2 #885BB2 #B25C5B #85B25B

split-complementary

#5BB1B2 #B25B85 #B2885B

monochromatic

#2F6364 #428D8D #5BB1B2 #85C5C6 #AED9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#5BB1B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#5BB1B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1B2

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1B2	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)

#A7AAB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.083 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c8c9',
    500: '#5bb1b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1b2;
$custom-light: #90c8c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.69,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7075,
    "c": 0.08319,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1B2

secondary

#C7A2A2

accent

#5D5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1B2

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

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