#5BB2BC#5BB2BC

#5BB2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.085 H 205.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2BC
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -23.38, -13.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 26.83, 209.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0767 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.085 205.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3083, 37.6932, 53.2982)
Luminance	0.3770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2BC #BC655B

analogous

#5BBC96 #5BB2BC #5B81BC

triadic

#5BB2BC #BC5BB2 #B2BC5B

tetradic

#5BB2BC #965BBC #BC655B #81BC5B

square

#5BB2BC #965BBC #BC655B #81BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB2BC #BC5B81 #BC965B

monochromatic

#2D686F #3F919B #5BB2BC #86C6CE #B2DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#5BB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2BC

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2BC	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.085 205.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9d0',
    500: '#5bb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2bc;
$custom-light: #91c9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.186,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.08488,
    "h": 205.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2BC

secondary

#CEA9A5

accent

#6356D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2BC

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

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