#5BB7B2#5BB7B2

#5BB7B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.088 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7B2
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 39%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 50%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.97, -28.56, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.97, 29.16, 191.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0867 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.088 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.2804, 39.3029, 48.1540)
Luminance	0.3931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7B2 #B75B60

analogous

#5BB784 #5BB7B2 #5B8EB7

triadic

#5BB7B2 #B25BB7 #B7B25B

tetradic

#5BB7B2 #845BB7 #B75B60 #8EB75B

square

#5BB7B2 #845BB7 #B75B60 #8EB75B

split-complementary

#5BB7B2 #B75B8E #B7845B

monochromatic

#2E6966 #41948F #5BB7B2 #86CAC6 #B0DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#5BB7B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#5BB7B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7B2

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7B2	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)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BBB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.088 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdc9',
    500: '#5bb7b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7b2;
$custom-light: #91cdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.739,
    "s": 38.983,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.08819,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7B2

secondary

#CBA3A5

accent

#595FCF

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7B2

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →