#5BBBC5#5BBBC5

#5BBBC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.091 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBC5
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, -25.42, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 28.87, 208.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.79% -0.0831 -0.0378)
OKLCH	oklch(73.79% 0.091 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1587, 41.7930, 59.1846)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBC5 #C5655B

analogous

#5BC59A #5BBBC5 #5B86C5

triadic

#5BBBC5 #C55BBB #BBC55B

tetradic

#5BBBC5 #9A5BC5 #C5655B #86C55B

square

#5BBBC5 #9A5BC5 #C5655B #86C55B

split-complementary

#5BBBC5 #C55B86 #C59A5B

monochromatic

#2B737A #3B9DA8 #5BBBC5 #88CED5 #B5E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBBC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#5BBBC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBC5

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBC5	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbc5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.091 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfd6',
    500: '#5bbbc5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbc5;
$custom-light: #92cfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbc5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.66,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73793,
    "c": 0.0913,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBC5

secondary

#D4ACA8

accent

#5D50D7

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBC5

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

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