#5BBBB9#5BBBB9

#5BBBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.091 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBB9
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -28.67, -7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 29.68, 194.96°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% -0.0882 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.091 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8380, 41.2648, 52.2293)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBB9 #BB5B5D

analogous

#5BBB89 #5BBBB9 #5B8DBB

triadic

#5BBBB9 #B95BBB #BBB95B

tetradic

#5BBBB9 #895BBB #BB5B5D #8DBB5B

square

#5BBBB9 #895BBB #BB5B5D #8DBB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBB9 #BB5B8D #BB895B

monochromatic

#2E6E6D #409997 #5BBBB9 #86CDCB #B2DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#5BBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBB9

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBB9	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.091 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0ce',
    500: '#5bbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbb9;
$custom-light: #91d0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.75,
    "s": 41.379,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.09068,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBB9

secondary

#CDA5A5

accent

#5759D1

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBB9

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

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