#5BBBC4#5BBBC4

#5BBBC4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBC4
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 196)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 4.6%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -25.69, -13.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 28.88, 207.18°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.0835 -0.0364)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.091 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.0445, 41.7473, 58.5832)
Luminance	0.4175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBC4 #C4645B

analogous

#5BC499 #5BBBC4 #5B87C4

triadic

#5BBBC4 #C45BBB #BBC45B

tetradic

#5BBBC4 #995BC4 #C4645B #87C45B

square

#5BBBC4 #995BC4 #C4645B #87C45B

split-complementary

#5BBBC4 #C45B87 #C4995B

monochromatic

#2C7279 #3C9DA6 #5BBBC4 #88CED4 #B5E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#5BBBC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#5BBBC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBC4

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBC4	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA8C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbc4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfd5',
    500: '#5bbbc4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbc4;
$custom-light: #92cfd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbc4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.143,
    "s": 47.085,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73758,
    "c": 0.09111,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBC4

secondary

#D3ABA8

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBC4

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

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