#5BBBC9#5BBBC9

#5BBBC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.092 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBC9
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 55%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, -24.30, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 28.93, 212.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.0815 -0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.092 208)
XYZ	xyz(32.6231, 41.9788, 61.6305)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBC9 #C9695B

analogous

#5BC9A0 #5BBBC9 #5B84C9

triadic

#5BBBC9 #C95BBB #BBC95B

tetradic

#5BBBC9 #A05BC9 #C9695B #84C95B

square

#5BBBC9 #A05BC9 #C9695B #84C95B

split-complementary

#5BBBC9 #C95B84 #C9A05B

monochromatic

#2A7580 #399FAE #5BBBC9 #89CED8 #B7E1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBBC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#5BBBC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBC9

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBC9	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.092 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfd9',
    500: '#5bbbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbc9;
$custom-light: #93cfd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.636,
    "s": 50.459,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73939,
    "c": 0.09229,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.41982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBC9

secondary

#D6AFAA

accent

#604EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBC9

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

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