#5BB4BB#5BB4BB

#5BB4BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.086 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4BB
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.35, -24.67, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.35, 27.33, 205.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0794 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.086 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6017, 38.4519, 52.8661)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4BB #BB625B

analogous

#5BBB92 #5BB4BB #5B84BB

triadic

#5BB4BB #BB5BB4 #B4BB5B

tetradic

#5BB4BB #925BBB #BB625B #84BB5B

square

#5BB4BB #925BBB #BB625B #84BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB4BB #BB5B84 #BB925B

monochromatic

#2E696E #409399 #5BB4BB #86C8CD #B2DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#5BB4BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#5BB4BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4BB

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4BB	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.086 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cacf',
    500: '#5bb4bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4bb;
$custom-light: #91cacf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.375,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71779,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4BB

secondary

#CDA8A5

accent

#6057D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4BB

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

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