#5BB9CB#5BB9CB

#5BB9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.092 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BB9CB
RGB	rgb(91, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(190, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(190, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -22.73, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 28.72, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0785 -0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.092 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.4385, 41.2308, 62.7372)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BB9CB #CB6D5B

analogous

#5BCBA5 #5BB9CB #5B81CB

triadic

#5BB9CB #CB5BB9 #B9CB5B

tetradic

#5BB9CB #A55BCB #CB6D5B #81CB5B

square

#5BB9CB #A55BCB #CB6D5B #81CB5B

split-complementary

#5BB9CB #CB5B81 #CBA55B

monochromatic

#297482 #389DB1 #5BB9CB #89CDDA #B8E1E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5BB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BB9CB

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BB9CB	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.092 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93ceda',
    500: '#5bb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bb9cb;
$custom-light: #93ceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.643,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73544,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BB9CB

secondary

#D7B2AA

accent

#634CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BB9CB

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

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