#5BBBB8#5BBBB8

#5BBBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.091 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBB8
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(178, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -28.94, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 29.81, 193.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0886 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.091 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7328, 41.2227, 51.6753)
Luminance	0.4123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBB8 #BB5B5E

analogous

#5BBB88 #5BBBB8 #5B8EBB

triadic

#5BBBB8 #B85BBB #BBB85B

tetradic

#5BBBB8 #885BBB #BB5B5E #8EBB5B

square

#5BBBB8 #885BBB #BB5B5E #8EBB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBB8 #BB5B8E #BB885B

monochromatic

#2E6E6C #409996 #5BBBB8 #86CDCB #B2DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#5BBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB8

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBB8	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.091 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0cd',
    500: '#5bbbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbb8;
$custom-light: #91d0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.125,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73343,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBB8

secondary

#CDA5A6

accent

#575AD1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB8

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

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