#5BB5BE#5BB5BE

#5BB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.087 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB5BE
RGB	rgb(91, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -24.35, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 27.52, 207.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0793 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.087 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1288, 38.9869, 54.6427)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB5BE #BE645B

analogous

#5BBE96 #5BB5BE #5B83BE

triadic

#5BB5BE #BE5BB5 #B5BE5B

tetradic

#5BB5BE #965BBE #BE645B #83BE5B

square

#5BB5BE #965BBE #BE645B #83BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB5BE #BE5B83 #BE965B

monochromatic

#2D6B72 #3E959D #5BB5BE #87C9CF #B3DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#5BB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#5BB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB5BE

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB5BE	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.087 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cbd1',
    500: '#5bb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb5be;
$custom-light: #91cbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.08684,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB5BE

secondary

#CFA9A6

accent

#6055D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB5BE

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

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