#5BB6BD#5BB6BD

#5BB6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.087 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6BD
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, -25.12, -11.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 27.79, 205.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0808 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.087 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2239, 39.3514, 54.1371)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6BD #BD625B

analogous

#5BBD93 #5BB6BD #5B85BD

triadic

#5BB6BD #BD5BB6 #B6BD5B

tetradic

#5BB6BD #935BBD #BD625B #85BD5B

square

#5BB6BD #935BBD #BD625B #85BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB6BD #BD5B85 #BD935B

monochromatic

#2D6C70 #3F959C #5BB6BD #87C9CF #B2DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#5BB6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6BD

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6BD	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.087 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccd0',
    500: '#5bb6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6bd;
$custom-light: #91ccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72324,
    "c": 0.08724,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6BD

secondary

#CFA8A5

accent

#5E55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6BD

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

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