#5BBBCD#5BBBCD

#5BBBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.094 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBBCD
RGB	rgb(91, 187, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, -23.17, -17.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 29.14, 217.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.09% -0.0798 -0.0489)
OKLCH	oklch(74.09% 0.094 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0997, 42.1694, 64.1410)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBBCD #CD6D5B

analogous

#5BCDA6 #5BBBCD #5B82CD

triadic

#5BBBCD #CD5BBB #BBCD5B

tetradic

#5BBBCD #A65BCD #CD6D5B #82CD5B

square

#5BBBCD #A65BCD #CD6D5B #82CD5B

split-complementary

#5BBBCD #CD5B82 #CDA65B

monochromatic

#297685 #37A0B4 #5BBBCD #8ACEDB #B9E2EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#5BBBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#5BBBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBBCD

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBBCD	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB5CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 187, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.094 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#93cfdc',
    500: '#5bbbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbbcd;
$custom-light: #93cfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.474,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74088,
    "c": 0.09365,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBBCD

secondary

#D9B2AB

accent

#624BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F2F9FB

border

#CCD2D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBBCD

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

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