#5BB4BE#5BB4BE

#5BB4BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.086 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB4BE
RGB	rgb(91, 180, 190)
HSL	hsl(186, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 5.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -23.84, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 27.29, 209.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0782 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.086 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9262, 38.5817, 54.5752)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB4BE #BE655B

analogous

#5BBE97 #5BB4BE #5B82BE

triadic

#5BB4BE #BE5BB4 #B4BE5B

tetradic

#5BB4BE #975BBE #BE655B #82BE5B

square

#5BB4BE #975BBE #BE655B #82BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB4BE #BE5B82 #BE975B

monochromatic

#2D6B72 #3E949D #5BB4BE #87C8CF #B3DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#5BB4BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#5BB4BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB4BE

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB4BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB4BE	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb4be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 180, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.086 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cad1',
    500: '#5bb4be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb4be;
$custom-light: #91cad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb4be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.061,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71887,
    "c": 0.08632,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB4BE

secondary

#CFAAA6

accent

#6255D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB4BE

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

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