#5BB9BD#5BB9BD

#5BB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.089 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9BD
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -26.62, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 28.64, 201.64°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0842 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.089 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8449, 40.5934, 54.3441)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9BD #BD5F5B

analogous

#5BBD90 #5BB9BD #5B88BD

triadic

#5BB9BD #BD5BB9 #B9BD5B

tetradic

#5BB9BD #905BBD #BD5F5B #88BD5B

square

#5BB9BD #905BBD #BD5F5B #88BD5B

split-complementary

#5BB9BD #BD5B88 #BD905B

monochromatic

#2D6E70 #3F989C #5BB9BD #87CCCF #B2DEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#5BB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9BD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9BD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ABFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.089 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced0',
    500: '#5bb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9bd;
$custom-light: #92ced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.449,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73037,
    "c": 0.08912,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9BD

secondary

#CFA7A5

accent

#5B55D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9BD

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

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