#5BBBC6#5BBBC6

#5BBBC6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.092 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBC6
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 198)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 54%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.76, -25.14, -14.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.76, 28.87, 209.44°)
OKLab	oklab(73.83% -0.0827 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.83% 0.092 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2736, 41.8390, 59.7901)
Luminance	0.4184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBC6 #C6665B

analogous

#5BC69C #5BBBC6 #5B86C6

triadic

#5BBBC6 #C65BBB #BBC65B

tetradic

#5BBBC6 #9C5BC6 #C6665B #86C65B

square

#5BBBC6 #9C5BC6 #C6665B #86C65B

split-complementary

#5BBBC6 #C65B86 #C69C5B

monochromatic

#2B737C #3B9EA9 #5BBBC6 #88CED6 #B6E1E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBBC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#5BBBC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBC6

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBC6	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB4C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA8C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbc6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.092 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#92cfd7',
    500: '#5bbbc6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbc6;
$custom-light: #92cfd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbc6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.168,
    "s": 48.416,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7383,
    "c": 0.09152,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBC6

secondary

#D4ADA9

accent

#5E50D8

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBC6

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

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