#5BBCB0#5BBCB0

#5BBCB0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 184.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB0
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 176)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -31.49, -2.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 31.61, 184.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.0932 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.094 184.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.1308, 41.3224, 47.4541)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB0 #BC5B67

analogous

#5BBC7F #5BBCB0 #5B98BC

triadic

#5BBCB0 #B05BBC #BCB05B

tetradic

#5BBCB0 #7F5BBC #BC5B67 #98BC5B

square

#5BBCB0 #7F5BBC #BC5B67 #98BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB0 #BC5B98 #BC7F5B

monochromatic

#2D6F67 #3F9B8F #5BBCB0 #86CEC5 #B2E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#5BBCB0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#5BBCB0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB0

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB0	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 184.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c7',
    500: '#5bbcb0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb0;
$custom-light: #91d0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.577,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73324,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 184.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB0

secondary

#CEA5AA

accent

#5665D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB0

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

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