#5BB5BC#5BB5BC

#5BB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.087 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5BC
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -24.90, -11.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 27.56, 205.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% -0.0801 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.087 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9117, 38.9000, 53.4994)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5BC #BC625B

analogous

#5BBC93 #5BB5BC #5B85BC

triadic

#5BB5BC #BC5BB5 #B5BC5B

tetradic

#5BB5BC #935BBC #BC625B #85BC5B

square

#5BB5BC #935BBC #BC625B #85BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB5BC #BC5B85 #BC935B

monochromatic

#2D6A6F #3F949B #5BB5BC #86C9CE #B2DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#5BB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5BC

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5BC	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.087 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbd0',
    500: '#5bb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5bc;
$custom-light: #91cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.33,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72052,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5BC

secondary

#CEA8A5

accent

#5F56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5BC

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

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