#5BB6C8#5BB6C8

#5BB6C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.090 H 212.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB6C8
RGB	rgb(91, 182, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 9%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.36, -22.05, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.36, 28.09, 218.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0763 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.09 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.4635, 39.8473, 60.6656)
Luminance	0.3985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB6C8 #C86D5B

analogous

#5BC8A4 #5BB6C8 #5B80C8

triadic

#5BB6C8 #C85BB6 #B6C85B

tetradic

#5BB6C8 #A45BC8 #C86D5B #80C85B

square

#5BB6C8 #A45BC8 #C86D5B #80C85B

split-complementary

#5BB6C8 #C85B80 #C8A45B

monochromatic

#2A707E #3A99AC #5BB6C8 #89CAD7 #B7DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#5BB6C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#5BB6C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB6C8

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB6C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB6C8	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb6c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 182, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.090 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccd8',
    500: '#5bb6c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb6c8;
$custom-light: #92ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb6c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.908,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72728,
    "c": 0.09025,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB6C8

secondary

#D6B1A9

accent

#654FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F8FA

border

#CCD1D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB6C8

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

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