#5BBBB2#5BBBB2

#5BBBB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.092 H 187.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBB2
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.16, -30.50, -4.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.16, 30.78, 187.69°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% -0.0912 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.092 187.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1172, 40.9764, 48.4330)
Luminance	0.4098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBB2 #BB5B64

analogous

#5BBB82 #5BBBB2 #5B94BB

triadic

#5BBBB2 #B25BBB #BBB25B

tetradic

#5BBBB2 #825BBB #BB5B64 #94BB5B

square

#5BBBB2 #825BBB #BB5B64 #94BB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBB2 #BB5B94 #BB825B

monochromatic

#2E6E68 #409991 #5BBBB2 #86CDC6 #B2DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BBBB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#5BBBB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB2

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBB2	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B2B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1FBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.092 187.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c9',
    500: '#5bbbb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbb2;
$custom-light: #91d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.375,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 187.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBB2

secondary

#CDA5A8

accent

#5762D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB2

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

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