#5BB9BF#5BB9BF

#5BB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.089 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9BF
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(184, 52%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -26.07, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 28.52, 203.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0834 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.089 201)
XYZ	xyz(31.0635, 40.6808, 55.4953)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9BF #BF615B

analogous

#5BBF93 #5BB9BF #5B87BF

triadic

#5BB9BF #BF5BB9 #B9BF5B

tetradic

#5BB9BF #935BBF #BF615B #87BF5B

square

#5BB9BF #935BBF #BF615B #87BF5B

split-complementary

#5BB9BF #BF5B87 #BF935B

monochromatic

#2D6F73 #3E999F #5BB9BF #87CCD0 #B3DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#5BB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#5BB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9BF

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9BF	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.089 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced2',
    500: '#5bb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9bf;
$custom-light: #92ced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 43.86,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73107,
    "c": 0.08928,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.40684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9BF

secondary

#D0A9A6

accent

#5C54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9BF

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

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