#5BBBCB#5BBBCB

#5BBBCB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.093 H 209.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBCB
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 7.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -23.74, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 29.02, 215.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.01% -0.0806 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(74.01% 0.093 209.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8599, 42.0735, 62.8776)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBCB #CB6B5B

analogous

#5BCBA3 #5BBBCB #5B83CB

triadic

#5BBBCB #CB5BBB #BBCB5B

tetradic

#5BBBCB #A35BCB #CB6B5B #83CB5B

square

#5BBBCB #A35BCB #CB6B5B #83CB5B

split-complementary

#5BBBCB #CB5B83 #CBA35B

monochromatic

#297682 #38A0B1 #5BBBCB #89CEDA #B8E2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBBCB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#5BBBCB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBCB

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBCB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBCB	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbcb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.093 209.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfda',
    500: '#5bbbcb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbcb;
$custom-light: #93cfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbcb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74013,
    "c": 0.09292,
    "h": 209.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBCB

secondary

#D7B1AA

accent

#614CDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FA

border

#CCD2D3

text

#0E1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBCB

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

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