#5BBCB2#5BBCB2

#5BBCB2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 186.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB2
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 178)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, -30.98, -3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 31.20, 186.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0923 -0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.093 186.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3301, 41.4022, 48.5039)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB2 #BC5B65

analogous

#5BBC81 #5BBCB2 #5B96BC

triadic

#5BBCB2 #B25BBC #BCB25B

tetradic

#5BBCB2 #815BBC #BC5B65 #96BC5B

square

#5BBCB2 #815BBC #BC5B65 #96BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB2 #BC5B96 #BC815B

monochromatic

#2D6F68 #3F9B91 #5BBCB2 #86CEC6 #B2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBCB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#5BBCB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB2

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB2	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1EC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 186.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c9',
    500: '#5bbcb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb2;
$custom-light: #91d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.814,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73387,
    "c": 0.09291,
    "h": 186.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB2

secondary

#CEA5A9

accent

#5663D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB2

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

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