#5BB6BC#5BB6BC

#5BB6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.087 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6BC
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -25.40, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 27.83, 204.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.0813 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.087 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1158, 39.3082, 53.5674)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6BC #BC615B

analogous

#5BBC91 #5BB6BC #5B86BC

triadic

#5BB6BC #BC5BB6 #B6BC5B

tetradic

#5BB6BC #915BBC #BC615B #86BC5B

square

#5BB6BC #915BBC #BC615B #86BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB6BC #BC5B86 #BC915B

monochromatic

#2D6B6F #3F959B #5BB6BC #86C9CE #B2DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6BC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6BC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.087 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccd0',
    500: '#5bb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6bc;
$custom-light: #91ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.711,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72289,
    "c": 0.08712,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6BC

secondary

#CEA7A5

accent

#5E56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6BC

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

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