#5BB9C7#5BB9C7

#5BB9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.091 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9C7
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(188, 49%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.21, -23.86, -15.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.21, 28.49, 213.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0801 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.091 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9680, 41.0426, 60.2591)
Luminance	0.4105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9C7 #C7695B

analogous

#5BC79F #5BB9C7 #5B83C7

triadic

#5BB9C7 #C75BB9 #B9C75B

tetradic

#5BB9C7 #9F5BC7 #C7695B #83C75B

square

#5BB9C7 #9F5BC7 #C7695B #83C75B

split-complementary

#5BB9C7 #C75B83 #C79F5B

monochromatic

#2B727D #3A9CAB #5BB9C7 #89CCD7 #B6E0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BB9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.21

#5BB9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9C7

9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9C7	1.00	2.28	9.21	9.21
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA6C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.091 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced8',
    500: '#5bb9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9c7;
$custom-light: #92ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.778,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73395,
    "c": 0.09091,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9C7

secondary

#D5AFA9

accent

#614FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9C7

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

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