#5BB6BB#5BB6BB

#5BB6BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.087 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6BB
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -25.67, -10.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 27.88, 202.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% -0.0817 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.087 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0083, 39.2652, 53.0016)
Luminance	0.3927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6BB #BB605B

analogous

#5BBB90 #5BB6BB #5B86BB

triadic

#5BB6BB #BB5BB6 #B6BB5B

tetradic

#5BB6BB #905BBB #BB605B #86BB5B

square

#5BB6BB #905BBB #BB605B #86BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB6BB #BB5B86 #BB905B

monochromatic

#2E6B6E #409599 #5BB6BB #86C9CD #B2DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB6BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#5BB6BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6BB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6BB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.087 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cccf',
    500: '#5bb6bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6bb;
$custom-light: #91cccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72254,
    "c": 0.08702,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6BB

secondary

#CDA7A5

accent

#5D57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6BB

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

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