#5BB7BC#5BB7BC

#5BB7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.088 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7BC
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -25.90, -10.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 28.11, 202.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0824 -0.0302)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.088 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3213, 39.7192, 53.6359)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7BC #BC605B

analogous

#5BBC91 #5BB7BC #5B87BC

triadic

#5BB7BC #BC5BB7 #B7BC5B

tetradic

#5BB7BC #915BBC #BC605B #87BC5B

square

#5BB7BC #915BBC #BC605B #87BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB7BC #BC5B87 #BC915B

monochromatic

#2D6C6F #3F969B #5BB7BC #86CACE #B2DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5BB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#5BB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7BC

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7BC	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)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.088 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdd0',
    500: '#5bb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7bc;
$custom-light: #91cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.093,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72527,
    "c": 0.08774,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7BC

secondary

#CEA7A5

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7BC

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

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