#5BB6BE#5BB6BE

#5BB6BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.087 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6BE
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -24.85, -12.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 27.77, 206.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.0804 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.087 203)
XYZ	xyz(30.3329, 39.3950, 54.7107)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6BE #BE635B

analogous

#5BBE94 #5BB6BE #5B85BE

triadic

#5BB6BE #BE5BB6 #B6BE5B

tetradic

#5BB6BE #945BBE #BE635B #85BE5B

square

#5BB6BE #945BBE #BE635B #85BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB6BE #BE5B85 #BE945B

monochromatic

#2D6C72 #3E969D #5BB6BE #87CACF #B3DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5BB6BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#5BB6BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6BE

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6BE	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BBCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.087 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccd1',
    500: '#5bb6be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6be;
$custom-light: #91ccd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7236,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6BE

secondary

#CFA9A6

accent

#5F55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6BE

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

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