#5BBBB1#5BBBB1

#5BBBB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.092 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#5BBBB1
RGBrgb(91, 187, 177)
HSLhsl(174, 41%, 55%)
HSVhsv(174, 51%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(51.3%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(70.13, -30.76, -3.61)
CIE-LCHlch(70.13, 30.97, 186.70°)
OKLaboklab(73.11% -0.0916 -0.0102)
OKLCHoklch(73.11% 0.092 186.4)
XYZxyz(30.0172, 40.9364, 47.9061)
Luminance0.4094 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#5BBBB1 #BB5B65
analogous
#5BBB81 #5BBBB1 #5B95BB
triadic
#5BBBB1 #B15BBB #BBB15B
tetradic
#5BBBB1 #815BBB #BB5B65 #95BB5B
square
#5BBBB1 #815BBB #BB5B65 #95BB5B
split-complementary
#5BBBB1 #BB5B95 #BB815B
monochromatic
#2E6E67 #409990 #5BBBB1 #86CDC6 #B2DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29
#5BBBB1 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19
#5BBBB1 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB1
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##5BBBB1#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##5BBBB11.002.299.199.19
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1921.001.001.00
##0000009.1921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3B2B1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A3A7B2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#20BFB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #5bbbb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.092 186.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c8',
    500: '#5bbbb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #5bbbb1;
$custom-light: #91d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#5bbbb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73115,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#5BBBB1
secondary
#CDA5A9
accent
#5763D1
background
#F9FCFC
surface
#F2F9F8
border
#CCD2D1
text
#0D1413
muted
#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB1

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#5BBBB1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva