#5BB8BB#5BB8BB

#5BB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.088 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8BB
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -26.66, -9.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 28.47, 200.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.73% -0.0839 -0.0276)
OKLCH	oklch(72.73% 0.088 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4209, 40.0902, 53.1391)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8BB #BB5E5B

analogous

#5BBB8E #5BB8BB #5B88BB

triadic

#5BB8BB #BB5BB8 #B8BB5B

tetradic

#5BB8BB #8E5BBB #BB5E5B #88BB5B

square

#5BB8BB #8E5BBB #BB5E5B #88BB5B

split-complementary

#5BB8BB #BB5B88 #BB8E5B

monochromatic

#2E6C6E #409699 #5BB8BB #86CBCD #B2DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#5BB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8BB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8BB	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.088 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdcf',
    500: '#5bb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8bb;
$custom-light: #91cdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72729,
    "c": 0.08835,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8BB

secondary

#CDA6A5

accent

#5A57D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8BB

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

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