#5BB7BD#5BB7BD

#5BB7BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.088 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7BD
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, -25.62, -11.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 28.06, 204.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% -0.082 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.088 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4295, 39.7625, 54.2056)
Luminance	0.3977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7BD #BD615B

analogous

#5BBD92 #5BB7BD #5B86BD

triadic

#5BB7BD #BD5BB7 #B7BD5B

tetradic

#5BB7BD #925BBD #BD615B #86BD5B

square

#5BB7BD #925BBD #BD615B #86BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB7BD #BD5B86 #BD925B

monochromatic

#2D6C70 #3F969C #5BB7BD #87CACF #B2DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#5BB7BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#5BB7BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7BD

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7BD	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0DBDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.088 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdd0',
    500: '#5bb7bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7bd;
$custom-light: #91cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.673,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72562,
    "c": 0.08784,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7BD

secondary

#CFA8A5

accent

#5D55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7BD

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

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