#5BBCB3#5BBCB3

#5BBCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.093 H 187.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BBCB3
RGB	rgb(91, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(174, 52%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -30.72, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 31.01, 187.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% -0.0919 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.093 187.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4309, 41.4425, 49.0346)
Luminance	0.4144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BBCB3 #BC5B64

analogous

#5BBC83 #5BBCB3 #5B95BC

triadic

#5BBCB3 #B35BBC #BCB35B

tetradic

#5BBCB3 #835BBC #BC5B64 #95BC5B

square

#5BBCB3 #835BBC #BC5B64 #95BC5B

split-complementary

#5BBCB3 #BC5B95 #BC835B

monochromatic

#2D6F69 #3F9B92 #5BBCB3 #86CEC7 #B2E0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#5BBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#5BBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BBCB3

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BBCB3	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A7B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DC0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.093 187.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d0c9',
    500: '#5bbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bbcb3;
$custom-light: #91d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.433,
    "s": 41.991,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73419,
    "c": 0.09264,
    "h": 187.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BBCB3

secondary

#CEA5A9

accent

#5661D2

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F2F9F8

border

#CCD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BBCB3

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

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