#5BB2BB#5BB2BB

#5BB2BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.085 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2BB
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 187)
HSL	hsl(186, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -23.66, -12.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 26.83, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% -0.0771 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.085 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2008, 37.6502, 52.7325)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2BB #BB645B

analogous

#5BBB94 #5BB2BB #5B82BB

triadic

#5BB2BB #BB5BB2 #B2BB5B

tetradic

#5BB2BB #945BBB #BB645B #82BB5B

square

#5BB2BB #945BBB #BB645B #82BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB2BB #BB5B82 #BB945B

monochromatic

#2E686E #409199 #5BB2BB #86C6CD #B2DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BB2BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#5BB2BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2BB

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2BB	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.085 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9cf',
    500: '#5bb2bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2bb;
$custom-light: #91c9cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71304,
    "c": 0.08466,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2BB

secondary

#CDA8A5

accent

#6257D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2BB

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

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