#5BB6BF#5BB6BF

#5BB6BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.088 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6BF
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -24.57, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 27.75, 207.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.08 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.088 204)
XYZ	xyz(30.4425, 39.4389, 55.2883)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6BF #BF645B

analogous

#5BBF96 #5BB6BF #5B84BF

triadic

#5BB6BF #BF5BB6 #B6BF5B

tetradic

#5BB6BF #965BBF #BF645B #84BF5B

square

#5BB6BF #965BBF #BF645B #84BF5B

split-complementary

#5BB6BF #BF5B84 #BF965B

monochromatic

#2D6C73 #3E969F #5BB6BF #87CAD0 #B3DDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#5BB6BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#5BB6BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6BF

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6BF	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.088 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91ccd2',
    500: '#5bb6bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6bf;
$custom-light: #91ccd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.4,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72396,
    "c": 0.08756,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.39442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6BF

secondary

#D0AAA6

accent

#6054D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F8F9

border

#CCD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6BF

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

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