#5BBBBC#5BBBBC

#5BBBBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.090 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBBC
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 188)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0.5%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -27.87, -9.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 29.34, 198.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.48% -0.0869 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(73.48% 0.091 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1581, 41.3928, 53.9148)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBBC #BC5C5B

analogous

#5BBC8D #5BBBBC #5B8ABC

triadic

#5BBBBC #BC5BBB #BBBC5B

tetradic

#5BBBBC #8D5BBC #BC5C5B #8ABC5B

square

#5BBBBC #8D5BBC #BC5C5B #8ABC5B

split-complementary

#5BBBBC #BC5B8A #BC8D5B

monochromatic

#2D6F6F #3F9A9B #5BBBBC #86CDCE #B2DFE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBBBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#5BBBBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBBC

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBBC	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0BC0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.090 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfd0',
    500: '#5bbbbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbbc;
$custom-light: #92cfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.619,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73478,
    "c": 0.0905,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBBC

secondary

#CEA5A5

accent

#5756D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F9

border

#CCD2D2

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBBC

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

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