#5BB7BB#5BB7BB

#5BB7BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.088 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7BB
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -26.17, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 28.17, 201.74°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% -0.0828 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.088 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.2139, 39.6762, 53.0701)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7BB #BB5F5B

analogous

#5BBB8F #5BB7BB #5B87BB

triadic

#5BB7BB #BB5BB7 #B7BB5B

tetradic

#5BB7BB #8F5BBB #BB5F5B #87BB5B

square

#5BB7BB #8F5BBB #BB5F5B #87BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB7BB #BB5B87 #BB8F5B

monochromatic

#2E6B6E #409699 #5BB7BB #86CACD #B2DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5BB7BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#5BB7BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7BB

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7BB	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.088 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdcf',
    500: '#5bb7bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7bb;
$custom-light: #91cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.5,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72492,
    "c": 0.08767,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7BB

secondary

#CDA6A5

accent

#5C57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7BB

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

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