#5BB4BA#5BB4BA

#5BB4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.086 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4BA
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.32, -24.94, -11.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.32, 27.36, 204.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.74% -0.0798 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(71.74% 0.086 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4950, 38.4092, 52.3042)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4BA #BA615B

analogous

#5BBA90 #5BB4BA #5B85BA

triadic

#5BB4BA #BA5BB4 #B4BA5B

tetradic

#5BB4BA #905BBA #BA615B #85BA5B

square

#5BB4BA #905BBA #BA615B #85BA5B

split-complementary

#5BB4BA #BA5B85 #BA905B

monochromatic

#2E696D #409298 #5BB4BA #86C8CC #B1DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#5BB4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4BA

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4BA	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.086 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cace',
    500: '#5bb4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4ba;
$custom-light: #91cace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.789,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71743,
    "c": 0.08566,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4BA

secondary

#CDA7A4

accent

#5F57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4BA

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

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