#5BB3B2#5BB3B2

#5BB3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.085 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3B2
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(179, 49%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.78, -26.59, -7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.78, 27.67, 196.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0821 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.085 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4671, 37.6762, 47.8829)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3B2 #B35B5C

analogous

#5BB386 #5BB3B2 #5B88B3

triadic

#5BB3B2 #B25BB3 #B3B25B

tetradic

#5BB3B2 #865BB3 #B35B5C #88B35B

square

#5BB3B2 #865BB3 #B35B5C #88B35B

split-complementary

#5BB3B2 #B35B88 #B3865B

monochromatic

#2F6564 #428F8E #5BB3B2 #85C6C6 #AFDAD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#5BB3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#5BB3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3B2

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3B2	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)

#A9ACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.085 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90cac9',
    500: '#5bb3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3b2;
$custom-light: #90cac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.318,
    "s": 36.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3B2

secondary

#C8A2A2

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3B2

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

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