#5BBBB3#5BBBB3

#5BBBB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.092 H 188.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBB3
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(175, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 4.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.19, -30.24, -4.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.19, 30.60, 188.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% -0.0908 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.092 188.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2180, 41.0167, 48.9637)
Luminance	0.4102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBB3 #BB5B63

analogous

#5BBB83 #5BBBB3 #5B93BB

triadic

#5BBBB3 #B35BBB #BBB35B

tetradic

#5BBBB3 #835BBB #BB5B63 #93BB5B

square

#5BBBB3 #835BBB #BB5B63 #93BB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBB3 #BB5B93 #BB835B

monochromatic

#2E6E69 #409992 #5BBBB3 #86CDC7 #B2DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BBBB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#5BBBB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB3

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBB3	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)

#B2B2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DBFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.092 188.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c9',
    500: '#5bbbb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbb3;
$custom-light: #91d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73179,
    "c": 0.09168,
    "h": 188.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBB3

secondary

#CDA5A8

accent

#5761D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB3

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

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