#5BB5BA#5BB5BA

#5BB5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.086 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5BA
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -25.44, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 27.64, 203.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% -0.081 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.086 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6976, 38.8144, 52.3718)
Luminance	0.3882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5BA #BA605B

analogous

#5BBA90 #5BB5BA #5B86BA

triadic

#5BB5BA #BA5BB5 #B5BA5B

tetradic

#5BB5BA #905BBA #BA605B #86BA5B

square

#5BB5BA #905BBA #BA605B #86BA5B

split-complementary

#5BB5BA #BA5B86 #BA905B

monochromatic

#2E6A6D #409398 #5BB5BA #86C8CC #B1DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#5BB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#5BB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5BA

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5BA	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.086 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbce',
    500: '#5bb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5ba;
$custom-light: #91cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 40.773,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5BA

secondary

#CDA6A4

accent

#5E57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5BA

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

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