#5BB1BE#5BB1BE

#5BB1BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.085 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB1BE
RGB	rgb(91, 177, 190)
HSL	hsl(188, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 6.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.56, -22.32, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.56, 26.67, 213.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0748 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.085 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3271, 37.3835, 54.3755)
Luminance	0.3739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB1BE #BE685B

analogous

#5BBE9A #5BB1BE #5B7FBE

triadic

#5BB1BE #BE5BB1 #B1BE5B

tetradic

#5BB1BE #9A5BBE #BE685B #7FBE5B

square

#5BB1BE #9A5BBE #BE685B #7FBE5B

split-complementary

#5BB1BE #BE5B7F #BE9A5B

monochromatic

#2D6972 #3E919D #5BB1BE #87C6CF #B3DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BB1BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#5BB1BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB1BE

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB1BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB1BE	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4ABBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb1be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 177, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.085 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c8d1',
    500: '#5bb1be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb1be;
$custom-light: #91c8d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb1be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.879,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71177,
    "c": 0.08495,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB1BE

secondary

#CFABA6

accent

#6555D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB1BE

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

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