#5BB3BF#5BB3BF

#5BB3BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.086 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3BF
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 191)
HSL	hsl(187, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -23.06, -14.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 27.09, 211.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0766 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.086 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.8347, 38.2232, 55.0857)
Luminance	0.3823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3BF #BF675B

analogous

#5BBF99 #5BB3BF #5B81BF

triadic

#5BB3BF #BF5BB3 #B3BF5B

tetradic

#5BB3BF #995BBF #BF675B #81BF5B

square

#5BB3BF #995BBF #BF675B #81BF5B

split-complementary

#5BB3BF #BF5B81 #BF995B

monochromatic

#2D6A73 #3E939F #5BB3BF #87C7D0 #B3DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB3BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#5BB3BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3BF

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3BF	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.086 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad2',
    500: '#5bb3bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3bf;
$custom-light: #91cad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71687,
    "c": 0.08609,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3BF

secondary

#D0ABA6

accent

#6354D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3BF

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

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