#5BB3BD#5BB3BD

#5BB3BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.086 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3BD
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -23.61, -13.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 27.06, 209.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% -0.0774 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.086 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6161, 38.1358, 53.9345)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3BD #BD655B

analogous

#5BBD96 #5BB3BD #5B82BD

triadic

#5BB3BD #BD5BB3 #B3BD5B

tetradic

#5BB3BD #965BBD #BD655B #82BD5B

square

#5BB3BD #965BBD #BD655B #82BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB3BD #BD5B82 #BD965B

monochromatic

#2D6A70 #3F939C #5BB3BD #87C7CF #B2DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB3BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#5BB3BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3BD

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3BD	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.086 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad0',
    500: '#5bb3bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3bd;
$custom-light: #91cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71614,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3BD

secondary

#CFA9A5

accent

#6255D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3BD

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

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