#5BB9C8#5BB9C8

#5BB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.091 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9C8
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -23.58, -16.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 28.53, 214.28°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0797 -0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.091 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0845, 41.0892, 60.8726)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9C8 #C86A5B

analogous

#5BC8A1 #5BB9C8 #5B83C8

triadic

#5BB9C8 #C85BB9 #B9C85B

tetradic

#5BB9C8 #A15BC8 #C86A5B #83C85B

square

#5BB9C8 #A15BC8 #C86A5B #83C85B

split-complementary

#5BB9C8 #C85B83 #C8A15B

monochromatic

#2A737E #3A9CAC #5BB9C8 #89CDD7 #B7E0E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5BB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9C8

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9C8	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.091 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92ced8',
    500: '#5bb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9c8;
$custom-light: #92ced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.257,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73432,
    "c": 0.09122,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9C8

secondary

#D6AFA9

accent

#624FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9C8

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

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