#5BB3BE#5BB3BE

#5BB3BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.086 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3BE
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 190)
HSL	hsl(187, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -23.34, -13.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 27.07, 210.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.077 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.086 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7250, 38.1794, 54.5081)
Luminance	0.3818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3BE #BE665B

analogous

#5BBE98 #5BB3BE #5B81BE

triadic

#5BB3BE #BE5BB3 #B3BE5B

tetradic

#5BB3BE #985BBE #BE665B #81BE5B

square

#5BB3BE #985BBE #BE665B #81BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB3BE #BE5B81 #BE985B

monochromatic

#2D6A72 #3E939D #5BB3BE #87C7CF #B3DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB3BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#5BB3BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3BE

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3BE	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FB9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.086 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad1',
    500: '#5bb3be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3be;
$custom-light: #91cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7165,
    "c": 0.08583,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3BE

secondary

#CFAAA6

accent

#6355D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3BE

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

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