#5BB3BB#5BB3BB

#5BB3BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.085 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3BB
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 187)
HSL	hsl(185, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -24.17, -12.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 27.07, 206.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0783 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.085 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4005, 38.0496, 52.7990)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3BB #BB635B

analogous

#5BBB93 #5BB3BB #5B83BB

triadic

#5BB3BB #BB5BB3 #B3BB5B

tetradic

#5BB3BB #935BBB #BB635B #83BB5B

square

#5BB3BB #935BBB #BB635B #83BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB3BB #BB5B83 #BB935B

monochromatic

#2E696E #409299 #5BB3BB #86C7CD #B2DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#5BB3BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#5BB3BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3BB

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3BB	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.085 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cacf',
    500: '#5bb3bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3bb;
$custom-light: #91cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71542,
    "c": 0.08521,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3BB

secondary

#CDA8A5

accent

#6157D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3BB

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

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