#5BB5BB#5BB5BB

#5BB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.086 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5BB
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(184, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.65, -25.17, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.65, 27.60, 204.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0805 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.086 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8043, 38.8571, 52.9336)
Luminance	0.3886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5BB #BB615B

analogous

#5BBB91 #5BB5BB #5B85BB

triadic

#5BB5BB #BB5BB5 #B5BB5B

tetradic

#5BB5BB #915BBB #BB615B #85BB5B

square

#5BB5BB #915BBB #BB615B #85BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB5BB #BB5B85 #BB915B

monochromatic

#2E6A6E #409499 #5BB5BB #86C9CD #B2DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#5BB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5BB

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5BB	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#14BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.086 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbcf',
    500: '#5bb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5bb;
$custom-light: #91cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72016,
    "c": 0.08638,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5BB

secondary

#CDA7A5

accent

#5E57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5BB

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

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