#5BB1BB#5BB1BB

#5BB1BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.084 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1BB
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -23.15, -13.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 26.60, 209.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.07% -0.076 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(71.07% 0.084 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.0026, 37.2537, 52.6664)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1BB #BB655B

analogous

#5BBB95 #5BB1BB #5B81BB

triadic

#5BB1BB #BB5BB1 #B1BB5B

tetradic

#5BB1BB #955BBB #BB655B #81BB5B

square

#5BB1BB #955BBB #BB655B #81BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB1BB #BB5B81 #BB955B

monochromatic

#2E676E #409099 #5BB1BB #86C6CD #B2DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BB1BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#5BB1BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1BB

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1BB	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.084 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8cf',
    500: '#5bb1bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1bb;
$custom-light: #91c8cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71068,
    "c": 0.08415,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1BB

secondary

#CDA9A5

accent

#6357D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1BB

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

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