#5BB9BE#5BB9BE

#5BB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.089 H 200.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9BE
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -26.35, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 28.57, 202.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0838 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.089 200)
XYZ	xyz(30.9538, 40.6369, 54.9177)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9BE #BE605B

analogous

#5BBE91 #5BB9BE #5B88BE

triadic

#5BB9BE #BE5BB9 #B9BE5B

tetradic

#5BB9BE #915BBE #BE605B #88BE5B

square

#5BB9BE #915BBE #BE605B #88BE5B

split-complementary

#5BB9BE #BE5B88 #BE915B

monochromatic

#2D6E72 #3E999D #5BB9BE #87CCCF #B3DEE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#5BB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9BE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9BE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB2BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#07BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.089 200.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced1',
    500: '#5bb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9be;
$custom-light: #92ced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.03,
    "s": 43.231,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.08919,
    "h": 200
  },
  "luminance": 0.4064
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9BE

secondary

#CFA8A6

accent

#5B55D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9BE

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

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