#5BB8BC#5BB8BC

#5BB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.088 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8BC
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -26.39, -10.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 28.40, 201.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0835 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.088 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5283, 40.1332, 53.7049)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8BC #BC5F5B

analogous

#5BBC8F #5BB8BC #5B88BC

triadic

#5BB8BC #BC5BB8 #B8BC5B

tetradic

#5BB8BC #8F5BBC #BC5F5B #88BC5B

square

#5BB8BC #8F5BBC #BC5F5B #88BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB8BC #BC5B88 #BC8F5B

monochromatic

#2D6C6F #3F979B #5BB8BC #86CBCE #B2DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#5BB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#5BB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8BC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8BC	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FBEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.088 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdd0',
    500: '#5bb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8bc;
$custom-light: #91cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.474,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.0884,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8BC

secondary

#CEA7A5

accent

#5B56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8BC

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

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