#5BB2BE#5BB2BE

#5BB2BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.085 H 207.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2BE
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.86, -22.83, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.86, 26.86, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0759 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.085 207.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5254, 37.7800, 54.4415)
Luminance	0.3778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2BE #BE675B

analogous

#5BBE99 #5BB2BE #5B80BE

triadic

#5BB2BE #BE5BB2 #B2BE5B

tetradic

#5BB2BE #995BBE #BE675B #80BE5B

square

#5BB2BE #995BBE #BE675B #80BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB2BE #BE5B80 #BE995B

monochromatic

#2D6972 #3E929D #5BB2BE #87C7CF #B3DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB2BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#5BB2BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2BE

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2BE	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10B8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.085 207.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9d1',
    500: '#5bb2be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2be;
$custom-light: #91c9d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71414,
    "c": 0.08537,
    "h": 207.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2BE

secondary

#CFABA6

accent

#6455D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2BE

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

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