#5BB4BC#5BB4BC

#5BB4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.086 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4BC
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -24.39, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 27.30, 206.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.079 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.086 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7091, 38.4948, 53.4318)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4BC #BC635B

analogous

#5BBC93 #5BB4BC #5B84BC

triadic

#5BB4BC #BC5BB4 #B4BC5B

tetradic

#5BB4BC #935BBC #BC635B #84BC5B

square

#5BB4BC #935BBC #BC635B #84BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB4BC #BC5B84 #BC935B

monochromatic

#2D6A6F #3F939B #5BB4BC #86C8CE #B2DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#5BB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4BC

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4BC	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.086 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad0',
    500: '#5bb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4bc;
$custom-light: #91cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.948,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71815,
    "c": 0.08594,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4BC

secondary

#CEA8A5

accent

#6056D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4BC

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

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