#5BB2C2#5BB2C2

#5BB2C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.087 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB2C2
RGB	rgb(91, 178, 194)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, -21.71, -16.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 27.07, 216.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0743 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.087 211)
XYZ	xyz(29.9685, 37.9573, 56.7757)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB2C2 #C26B5B

analogous

#5BC29E #5BB2C2 #5B7EC2

triadic

#5BB2C2 #C25BB2 #B2C25B

tetradic

#5BB2C2 #9E5BC2 #C26B5B #7EC25B

square

#5BB2C2 #9E5BC2 #C26B5B #7EC25B

split-complementary

#5BB2C2 #C25B7E #C29E5B

monochromatic

#2C6B77 #3D93A3 #5BB2C2 #88C7D3 #B4DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5BB2C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#5BB2C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB2C2

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB2C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB2C2	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb2c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 178, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.087 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91c9d4',
    500: '#5bb2c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb2c2;
$custom-light: #91c9d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb2c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.32,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71562,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.3796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB2C2

secondary

#D2AEA7

accent

#6752D5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB2C2

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

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