#5BB7C8#5BB7C8

#5BB7C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.091 H 211.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB7C8
RGB	rgb(91, 183, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -22.56, -16.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 28.22, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% -0.0774 -0.0469)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.091 211.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6690, 40.2583, 60.7341)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB7C8 #C86C5B

analogous

#5BC8A3 #5BB7C8 #5B81C8

triadic

#5BB7C8 #C85BB7 #B7C85B

tetradic

#5BB7C8 #A35BC8 #C86C5B #81C85B

square

#5BB7C8 #A35BC8 #C86C5B #81C85B

split-complementary

#5BB7C8 #C85B81 #C8A35B

monochromatic

#2A717E #3A9AAC #5BB7C8 #89CBD7 #B7DFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB7C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#5BB7C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB7C8

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB7C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB7C8	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb7c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 183, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.091 211.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ccd8',
    500: '#5bb7c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb7c8;
$custom-light: #92ccd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb7c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.358,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72962,
    "c": 0.09054,
    "h": 211.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB7C8

secondary

#D6B0A9

accent

#644FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB7C8

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

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