#5BB4BD#5BB4BD

#5BB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.086 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4BD
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -24.12, -12.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 27.29, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0786 -0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.086 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8173, 38.5381, 54.0015)
Luminance	0.3854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4BD #BD645B

analogous

#5BBD95 #5BB4BD #5B83BD

triadic

#5BB4BD #BD5BB4 #B4BD5B

tetradic

#5BB4BD #955BBD #BD645B #83BD5B

square

#5BB4BD #955BBD #BD645B #83BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB4BD #BD5B83 #BD955B

monochromatic

#2D6A70 #3F939C #5BB4BD #87C8CF #B2DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#5BB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4BD

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4BD	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10BAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.086 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad0',
    500: '#5bb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4bd;
$custom-light: #91cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.51,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7185,
    "c": 0.08612,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4BD

secondary

#CFA9A5

accent

#6155D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4BD

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

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