#5BB8BD#5BB8BD

#5BB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.088 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8BD
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -26.12, -11.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 28.34, 202.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.0831 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.088 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6364, 40.1764, 54.2746)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8BD #BD605B

analogous

#5BBD91 #5BB8BD #5B87BD

triadic

#5BB8BD #BD5BB8 #B8BD5B

tetradic

#5BB8BD #915BBD #BD605B #87BD5B

square

#5BB8BD #915BBD #BD605B #87BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB8BD #BD5B87 #BD915B

monochromatic

#2D6D70 #3F979C #5BB8BD #87CBCF #B2DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#5BB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8BD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8BD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA5BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CBEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.088 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91cdd0',
    500: '#5bb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8bd;
$custom-light: #91cdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.061,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72799,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8BD

secondary

#CFA7A5

accent

#5C55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8BD

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

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