#5BB2C1#5BB2C1

#5BB2C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.086 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2C1
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 193)
HSL	hsl(189, 45%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.8%, 7.8%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -21.99, -15.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 27.00, 215.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.0747 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.086 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8566, 37.9125, 56.1862)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2C1 #C16A5B

analogous

#5BC19D #5BB2C1 #5B7FC1

triadic

#5BB2C1 #C15BB2 #B2C15B

tetradic

#5BB2C1 #9D5BC1 #C16A5B #7FC15B

square

#5BB2C1 #9D5BC1 #C16A5B #7FC15B

split-complementary

#5BB2C1 #C15B7F #C19D5B

monochromatic

#2C6B75 #3D93A2 #5BB2C1 #87C7D2 #B4DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#5BB2C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#5BB2C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2C1

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2C1	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ACC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#06B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.086 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9d3',
    500: '#5bb2c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2c1;
$custom-light: #91c9d3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71525,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2C1

secondary

#D1ADA7

accent

#6653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2C1

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

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