#5BB3C2#5BB3C2

#5BB3C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.087 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB3C2
RGB	rgb(91, 179, 194)
HSL	hsl(189, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(189, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -22.22, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 27.22, 215.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0754 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.087 210)
XYZ	xyz(30.1682, 38.3566, 56.8422)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB3C2 #C26A5B

analogous

#5BC29D #5BB3C2 #5B7FC2

triadic

#5BB3C2 #C25BB3 #B3C25B

tetradic

#5BB3C2 #9D5BC2 #C26A5B #7FC25B

square

#5BB3C2 #9D5BC2 #C26A5B #7FC25B

split-complementary

#5BB3C2 #C25B7F #C29D5B

monochromatic

#2C6C77 #3D94A3 #5BB3C2 #88C8D3 #B4DCE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB3C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#5BB3C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB3C2

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB3C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB3C2	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ADC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb3c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 179, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.087 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad4',
    500: '#5bb3c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb3c2;
$custom-light: #91cad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb3c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.738,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71797,
    "c": 0.08703,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.38359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB3C2

secondary

#D2ADA7

accent

#6552D5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB3C2

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

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