#5BBCB1#5BBCB1

#5BBCB1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 185.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB1
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 177)
HSL	hsl(173, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(173, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, -31.24, -3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 31.40, 185.80°)
OKLab	oklab(73.36% -0.0928 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(73.36% 0.093 185.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2301, 41.3622, 47.9771)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB1 #BC5B66

analogous

#5BBC81 #5BBCB1 #5B96BC

triadic

#5BBCB1 #B15BBC #BCB15B

tetradic

#5BBCB1 #815BBC #BC5B66 #96BC5B

square

#5BBCB1 #815BBC #BC5B66 #96BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB1 #BC5B96 #BC815B

monochromatic

#2D6F68 #3F9B90 #5BBCB1 #86CEC6 #B2E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBCB1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#5BBCB1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB1

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB1	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#20C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 185.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c8',
    500: '#5bbcb1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb1;
$custom-light: #91d0c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.196,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73355,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 185.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB1

secondary

#CEA5AA

accent

#5664D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB1

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

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