#5BB9C2#5BB9C2

#5BB9C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.090 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9C2
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 194)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 53%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.1%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, -25.25, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 28.43, 207.37°)
OKLab	oklab(73.21% -0.0821 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(73.21% 0.09 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3970, 40.8142, 57.2518)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9C2 #C2645B

analogous

#5BC297 #5BB9C2 #5B85C2

triadic

#5BB9C2 #C25BB9 #B9C25B

tetradic

#5BB9C2 #975BC2 #C2645B #85C25B

square

#5BB9C2 #975BC2 #C2645B #85C25B

split-complementary

#5BB9C2 #C25B85 #C2975B

monochromatic

#2C7077 #3D9AA3 #5BB9C2 #88CCD3 #B4DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#5BB9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#5BB9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9C2

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9C2	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB2C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA6C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.090 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced4',
    500: '#5bb9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9c2;
$custom-light: #92ced4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.243,
    "s": 45.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73213,
    "c": 0.0897,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9C2

secondary

#D2ABA7

accent

#5E52D5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9C2

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

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