#5BBBB5#5BBBB5

#5BBBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.091 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBB5
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(176, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -29.72, -5.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 30.25, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.24% -0.0899 -0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(73.24% 0.091 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4217, 41.0982, 50.0367)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBB5 #BB5B61

analogous

#5BBB85 #5BBBB5 #5B91BB

triadic

#5BBBB5 #B55BBB #BBB55B

tetradic

#5BBBB5 #855BBB #BB5B61 #91BB5B

square

#5BBBB5 #855BBB #BB5B61 #91BB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBB5 #BB5B91 #BB855B

monochromatic

#2E6E6A #409994 #5BBBB5 #86CDC9 #B2DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#5BBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB5

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBB5	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1ABFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.091 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0cb',
    500: '#5bbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbb5;
$custom-light: #91d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.25,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73244,
    "c": 0.09125,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBB5

secondary

#CDA5A7

accent

#575ED1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB5

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

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