#5BB2B2#5BB2B2

#5BB2B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.084 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2B2
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 178)
HSL	hsl(180, 36%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(180, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 0%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -26.10, -8.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 27.32, 197.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0809 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.084 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2674, 37.2768, 47.8164)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2B2 #B25B5B

analogous

#5BB286 #5BB2B2 #5B86B2

triadic

#5BB2B2 #B25BB2 #B2B25B

tetradic

#5BB2B2 #865BB2 #B25B5B #86B25B

square

#5BB2B2 #865BB2 #B25B5B #86B25B

split-complementary

#5BB2B2 #B25B86 #B2865B

monochromatic

#2F6464 #428D8D #5BB2B2 #85C6C6 #AED9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#5BB2B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#5BB2B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2B2

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2B2	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ABB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#24B7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.084 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90c9c9',
    500: '#5bb2b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2b2;
$custom-light: #90c9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.1,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70989,
    "c": 0.08397,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2B2

secondary

#C7A2A2

accent

#5C5CCC

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2B2

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

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