#5BBBC8#5BBBC8

#5BBBC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 207.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBC8
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.82, -24.58, -15.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.82, 28.90, 211.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.9% -0.0819 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(73.9% 0.092 207.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5058, 41.9319, 61.0130)
Luminance	0.4194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBC8 #C8685B

analogous

#5BC89F #5BBBC8 #5B85C8

triadic

#5BBBC8 #C85BBB #BBC85B

tetradic

#5BBBC8 #9F5BC8 #C8685B #85C85B

square

#5BBBC8 #9F5BC8 #C8685B #85C85B

split-complementary

#5BBBC8 #C85B85 #C89F5B

monochromatic

#2A747E #3A9EAC #5BBBC8 #89CED7 #B7E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#5BBBC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#5BBBC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBC8

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBC8	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 207.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfd8',
    500: '#5bbbc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbc8;
$custom-light: #93cfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.156,
    "s": 49.772,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73902,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 207.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBC8

secondary

#D6AFA9

accent

#5F4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBC8

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

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