#5BB9CA#5BB9CA

#5BB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9CA
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 51%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(55%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -23.01, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 28.65, 216.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0789 -0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.092 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.3198, 41.1833, 62.1116)
Luminance	0.4119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9CA #CA6C5B

analogous

#5BCAA3 #5BB9CA #5B82CA

triadic

#5BB9CA #CA5BB9 #B9CA5B

tetradic

#5BB9CA #A35BCA #CA6C5B #82CA5B

square

#5BB9CA #A35BCA #CA6C5B #82CA5B

split-complementary

#5BB9CA #CA5B82 #CAA35B

monochromatic

#2A7481 #399DAF #5BB9CA #89CDD9 #B8E0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#5BB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9CA

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9CA	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA6CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceda',
    500: '#5bb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9ca;
$custom-light: #93ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.189,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73507,
    "c": 0.09192,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9CA

secondary

#D7B1AA

accent

#634DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9CA

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

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