#5BB5BD#5BB5BD

#5BB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.087 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5BD
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.71, -24.62, -12.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.71, 27.54, 206.59°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% -0.0797 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.087 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0199, 38.9433, 54.0691)
Luminance	0.3895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5BD #BD635B

analogous

#5BBD94 #5BB5BD #5B84BD

triadic

#5BB5BD #BD5BB5 #B5BD5B

tetradic

#5BB5BD #945BBD #BD635B #84BD5B

square

#5BB5BD #945BBD #BD635B #84BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB5BD #BD5B84 #BD945B

monochromatic

#2D6B70 #3F949C #5BB5BD #87C9CF #B2DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#5BB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5BD

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5BD	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FBBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.087 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbd0',
    500: '#5bb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5bd;
$custom-light: #91cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72087,
    "c": 0.08667,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5BD

secondary

#CFA9A5

accent

#6055D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5BD

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

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