#5BB8BF#5BB8BF

#5BB8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.089 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB8BF
RGB	rgb(91, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.66, -25.58, -12.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.66, 28.25, 205.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0822 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.089 202)
XYZ	xyz(30.8550, 40.2639, 55.4258)
Luminance	0.4027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB8BF #BF625B

analogous

#5BBF94 #5BB8BF #5B86BF

triadic

#5BB8BF #BF5BB8 #B8BF5B

tetradic

#5BB8BF #945BBF #BF625B #86BF5B

square

#5BB8BF #945BBF #BF625B #86BF5B

split-complementary

#5BB8BF #BF5B86 #BF945B

monochromatic

#2D6E73 #3E989F #5BB8BF #87CBD0 #B3DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#5BB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#5BB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB8BF

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB8BF	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)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA5C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#05BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.089 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cdd2',
    500: '#5bb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb8bf;
$custom-light: #92cdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.2,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7287,
    "c": 0.08868,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.40267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB8BF

secondary

#D0A9A6

accent

#5D54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB8BF

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

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