#5BB4B5#5BB4B5

#5BB4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.085 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4B5
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 50%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.7%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.17, -26.29, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.17, 27.70, 198.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0819 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.085 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9727, 38.2003, 49.5537)
Luminance	0.3820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4B5 #B55C5B

analogous

#5BB589 #5BB4B5 #5B87B5

triadic

#5BB4B5 #B55BB4 #B4B55B

tetradic

#5BB4B5 #895BB5 #B55C5B #87B55B

square

#5BB4B5 #895BB5 #B55C5B #87B55B

split-complementary

#5BB4B5 #B55B87 #B5895B

monochromatic

#2F6667 #429091 #5BB4B5 #85C7C8 #AFDBDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#5BB4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#5BB4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4B5

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4B5	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)

#AAADB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA1B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FB9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.085 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cacb',
    500: '#5bb4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4b5;
$custom-light: #91cacb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.667,
    "s": 37.815,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71569,
    "c": 0.08542,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4B5

secondary

#C9A3A3

accent

#5B5ACE

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F8

border

#CCD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4B5

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

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