#5BB2B0#5BB2B0

#5BB2B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.084 H 193.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2B0
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 176)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -26.63, -7.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 27.55, 194.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0818 -0.0196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.084 193.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.0681, 37.1971, 46.7665)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2B0 #B25B5D

analogous

#5BB285 #5BB2B0 #5B88B2

triadic

#5BB2B0 #B05BB2 #B2B05B

tetradic

#5BB2B0 #855BB2 #B25B5D #88B25B

square

#5BB2B0 #855BB2 #B25B5D #88B25B

split-complementary

#5BB2B0 #B25B88 #B2855B

monochromatic

#2F6463 #428D8C #5BB2B0 #85C6C4 #AED9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#5BB2B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#5BB2B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2B0

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2B0	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ABB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#26B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.084 193.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c7',
    500: '#5bb2b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2b0;
$custom-light: #90c9c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.621,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.08411,
    "h": 193.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2B0

secondary

#C7A2A2

accent

#5C5ECC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2B0

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

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