#5BB9BC#5BB9BC

#5BB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.089 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9BC
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -26.89, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 28.71, 200.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0846 -0.0278)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.089 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7367, 40.5501, 53.7744)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9BC #BC5E5B

analogous

#5BBC8F #5BB9BC #5B88BC

triadic

#5BB9BC #BC5BB9 #B9BC5B

tetradic

#5BB9BC #8F5BBC #BC5E5B #88BC5B

square

#5BB9BC #8F5BBC #BC5E5B #88BC5B

split-complementary

#5BB9BC #BC5B88 #BC8F5B

monochromatic

#2D6D6F #3F989B #5BB9BC #86CCCE #B2DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#5BB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#5BB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9BC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9BC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EBEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.089 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced0',
    500: '#5bb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9bc;
$custom-light: #92ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.856,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73002,
    "c": 0.08907,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9BC

secondary

#CEA6A5

accent

#5A56D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9BC

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

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