#5BB8BE#5BB8BE

#5BB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.089 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8BE
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(184, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -25.85, -11.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 28.29, 203.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0827 -0.0318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.089 201)
XYZ	xyz(30.7454, 40.2200, 54.8482)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8BE #BE615B

analogous

#5BBE92 #5BB8BE #5B87BE

triadic

#5BB8BE #BE5BB8 #B8BE5B

tetradic

#5BB8BE #925BBE #BE615B #87BE5B

square

#5BB8BE #925BBE #BE615B #87BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB8BE #BE5B87 #BE925B

monochromatic

#2D6D72 #3E989D #5BB8BE #87CBCF #B3DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#5BB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8BE

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8BE	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)

#ACB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.089 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdd1',
    500: '#5bb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8be;
$custom-light: #92cdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72834,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.40223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8BE

secondary

#CFA8A6

accent

#5C55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8BE

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

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