#5BBBB6#5BBBB6

#5BBBB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.091 H 190.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBB6
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 182)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 2.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -29.46, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 30.10, 191.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.0894 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.091 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5247, 41.1394, 50.5790)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBB6 #BB5B60

analogous

#5BBB86 #5BBBB6 #5B90BB

triadic

#5BBBB6 #B65BBB #BBB65B

tetradic

#5BBBB6 #865BBB #BB5B60 #90BB5B

square

#5BBBB6 #865BBB #BB5B60 #90BB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBB6 #BB5B90 #BB865B

monochromatic

#2E6E6B #409995 #5BBBB6 #86CDC9 #B2DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#5BBBB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#5BBBB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB6

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBB6	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.091 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0cb',
    500: '#5bbbb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbb6;
$custom-light: #91d0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.875,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73277,
    "c": 0.09107,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBB6

secondary

#CDA5A7

accent

#575DD1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB6

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

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